born fool

Example Sentences

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"Were it even possible that I did," says she, "do ye think that I wad be sic a born fool as to tell ye?—Atweel do I no!"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

The girl, unless she is a born fool, is not likely to admit ownership of any one of them.

From The Hand in the Dark by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

What a born fool I was to do it!

From A Dog with a Bad Name by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

It is only the born fool who goes from house to house and from friend to friend maundering about ill luck and an unkind Providence.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)