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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.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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.
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.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
