Read full poem →Ay, yonder lads are yet
The fools that we were then;
For oh, the sons we get
Dictionary Entry
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
In a Sentence
“The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
. foolsfools make
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.
Antonyms
No antonyms yet.
Poetry examples for “fools”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day!
So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
Read full poem →By nature yielding, stubborn but for fame;
Made slaves by honour, and made fools by shame.
Marriage may all those petty tyrants chase,
Read full poem →Arabian shores, or Indian seas infold. }
All the mad trade of fools and slaves for gold? }
Or popularity? or stars and strings?
Read full poem →1 Dear, damn'd, distracting town, farewell!
Thy fools no more I'll tease:
This year in peace, ye critics, dwell,
Read full poem →Now he begs verse, and what he gets commends,
Not of the wits, his foes, but fools, his friends.
Read full poem →And in thy bosom lurks in Thought's disguise;
Thou varnisher of fools, and cheat of all the wise!
Read full poem →Authors are judged by strange capricious rules;
The great ones are thought mad, the small ones fools:
Yet sure the best are most severely fated;
Read full poem →Freedom and Arts together fall;
Fools grant whate'er Ambition craves,
And men, once ignorant, are slaves.
Read full poem →'There,--take' (says Justice) 'take ye each a shell.
We thrive at Westminster on fools like you:
'Twas a fat oyster--live in peace--adieu.'