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.

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 fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

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.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.

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.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

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.