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A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only read more
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only they differ in the race
of their lives.
More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool read more
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness read more
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
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.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.