Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fool Thinks

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks (Latin, “Quod valde volumus facile credimus”). A foolish person believes what he desires.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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