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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.
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.
It is impossible to make anything fool- proof because fools are so ingenious.
It is impossible to make anything fool- proof because fools are so ingenious.
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.
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.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
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.
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.