What's the rest of the saying "fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me?"?

Question

so... there's no fool me three times...?

I always hear it in movies and wondered whats the real third one, but i guess there isn't one...?

Answer 1

That's the entire quote. Sometimes, jokingly, someone will ad lib the "fool me a third time" part just to make a point of what's happening or to make light of it.

For example, a girl commenting on a guy she thought loved her (and who fooled around and they broke up and then reconciled over and over) may say that quote and add "Fool me a third time and I'm more in love than the first time".

Answer 2

"Fool me once

Shame on you

Fool me twice

Shame on me."

--Chinese Proverb.

this is the President's version:

"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on --shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."

George W. Bush

17 September, 2002