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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.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
