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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.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.