John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10450 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10450 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Paradise of fools; Fool’s paradise. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The earliest instance of this expression is found in William Bullein’s “Dialogue,” p. 28 (1573). It is used by Shakespeare, Middleton, Milton, Pope, Fielding, Crabbe, and others. |