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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.
What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him read more
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.
That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
