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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.
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.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be read more
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow read more
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
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.
