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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool read more
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, read more
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa
proverbio est.]
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, read more
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that
doeth good.