born fool

Example Sentences

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"Margaret Hayley, are you a born fool?" she almost screamed.

From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry

"Well, then, tell me this: how's a born fool to act sensible?"

From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker

Tellwright would not have been angry with any man who impugned them: he would merely have regarded the fellow as a crank and a born fool, on whom logic or indignation would be entirely wasted.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

But anybody, not a born fool, must understand without much tellin’ that a pirate’s life wouldn’t be worth havin’.

From The Missing Merchantman by Overend, William Heysham

"I do hope and trust, Jim——" "That I am not a born fool, my dear?"

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline