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