Lord, what fools these mortals be! A line from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. A mischievous fairy, Puck, addressing his king, is commenting on the folly of the human beings who have come into his forest.Click to see full answer. Thereof, what fools these mortals be Seneca?What fools these mortals be! Tanta stultitia mortalium est. A great fortune is a great slavery. Magna servitus est magna fortuna.Also Know, shall we their fond pageant see Lord what fools these mortals be? Lord, what fools these mortals be! The young man who I mistook for this one is there too, begging her to love him. Also Know, why does puck say Lord what fools these mortals be where is there irony in his statement? Puck calling mortals fools is ironic because he is the one causing them to act foolish and because the fairies Titania and Oberon also act very foolish.Who are the mortals in Midsummer Night’s Dream?The Mortals are the human characters of the story. Within this group there are four young lovers who find their lives turned upside down by the fairy world in the middle of the night. We are going to concentrate on the lovers because they are the characters that are involved in the confusion in the woods.