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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.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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.
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.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
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.
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.