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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, read more
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that
doeth good.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
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.
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.
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.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
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.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
