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    Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
    pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

    by Bible Found in Folly Quotes,
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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, read more

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa
proverbio est.]

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A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot read more

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]

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Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]

Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]

by William Cowper Found in: Folly Quotes,
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Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed read more

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

by Bible Found in: Folly Quotes,
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To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

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Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than
discretion.
[Sp., Mas acompanados y paniguados debe di read more

Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than
discretion.
[Sp., Mas acompanados y paniguados debe di tener la locura que la
discrecion.]

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More knave than fool.

More knave than fool.

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Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.

Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Folly Quotes,
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