Thou wast a fole to do it/ for I am able to do you evell.
He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine/ and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche/ ad shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes/ his eyes are roudier than wyne/ ad his teeth whitter then mylke.
Whyle he is in youthe: But for a conclusion He is a Fole that wyl nat se theyr vyce.
Thou fole mysmyndyd to large of sconscyence To the I speke that art a lewde dettour Borowe thou no thynge, noble grote ne pens.
But what stand I vpon these termes, O I fole and beast?
Although a man be leude, commenly for a fole he is nat demed but-if he no good wol lerne.
Now, trewly, a greet fole is he, that for suche thing wolde sette the knotte in thyne herte!
Peter was never so great a fole To leve his key with such a lorell, Or to take such cursed such a tole 375 He was advysed nothing well.
The Bibel telles us openlye Of Nembrot and his maistri, Hou the fole that was wit him Bigan to mak a tour that tim, That suld reche to the lifte; Bot Godd that skilfulli kan skift.
But this fole loued his mayster meruaylously, because he cherysshed hym so well.
Of the fole that saide he had leuer go to hell than to heuen.
By thys tale ye may se, that when one fole sendyth another fole on hys errand, hys besynes folyshly sped.
By this tale a man may lerne, that he that ouershoteth hym selfe doth folysshely: yet he is more fole to shewe it openly.
By this ye may se, that many a fole dothe moche coste in makyng good chere at dyners, whiche bathe but lytell thanke for his laboure.
Thys tale shewyth you, that som man takyth upon him for to teche other men wysdome, when he is but a fole hymselfe.
By this one may perceiue, that to moch of one thing is not good: many one calleth an other fole, and is more fole him selfe.
A fole there was, that dwelled with a gentylman in the countrey, whiche was called a great tyraunte and an extorcyoner.
Than (quod the frere to the gentylman), ye are the more fole to aske for hym.
By this tale a man may lerne, that it is but loste tyme to teche a fole any thynge, whiche hathe no wytte to perceyue it.
Nay then I were a fole in dede, a penyworth of ease is euer worth a peny, and nowe I haue found so moch pleasure in ease that I can not fall to no labour.
And how saye you were not he a starke fole that wold fishe with a goldê bayte, that wolde preferre or esteme glasse better then precious stones, or whiche loues his horse or dogges better then his wyfe and his chyldrê?
Do not all men hate the name of a fole or to be called a moome, a sotte, or an asse?
He that in court wyll love and favour have A fole must hym fayne, if he were none afore, And be as felow to every boy and knave, And to please his lorde he must styll laboure sore.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fole" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
