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The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
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.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
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.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
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.