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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.
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.]
More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot read more
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]
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.]
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness read more
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.