"Why didn't the durned fool just take one of us to me boy now?"
I'm sure we can do it, but only a fool takes no precautions.
The fool would take it as a move against him, if he knew.
Such a fool as you are might take refusal even from a captive in his own hands.
Only most fools won't see it and take advantage of the situation created by the collapse.
But only a fool would take the risk that this was so.
The fools haven't taken your advice, but I thought they would.
"Only a fool takes offense at customs different from her own."
It was likely her uncle, she thought, but chances were something only fools took.