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.

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.

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be read more

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.

It is impossible to make anything fool- proof because fools are so ingenious.

It is impossible to make anything fool- proof because fools are so ingenious.

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.

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow read more

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.