April Fool's Day Quotes

William Shakespeare famously said, "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit." On April Fools' Day, showcase your wit and humor with these quotes. If you are a prankster, play a harmless prank, and tease your friends. If you are not a prankster, beware of those who are. You will need loads of it on April Fools' Day.

• Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson
  April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
  
  
• Plato
  Even the gods love jokes.
  
  
• George Orwell
  The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
  
  
• Will Rogers
  The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
  
  
• Myra Cohn Livingston
  The maple syrup's full of ants.
  A mouse is creeping on the shelf.
  Is that a spider on your back?
  I ate the whole pie by myself.
  The kitchen sink just overflowed.
  A flash flood washed away the school.
  I threw your blanket in the trash.
  I never lie----I---
  April Fool!
  
  
• Charles Lamb
  Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
  
  
• Poor Robin's Almanac, 1790
  The first of April, some do say
  Is set apart for All Fool's Day;
  But why the people call it so
  Nor I, nor they themselves, do know,
  But on this day are people sent
  On purpose for pure merriment.
  
  
• Thomas Shadwell
  The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
  
  
• Arabian Proverb
  A fool may be known by six things: anger without cause; speech without profit; change without progress; inquiry without object; putting trust in a stranger; and mistaking foes for friends.
  
  
• Horace
  Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.