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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
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.
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.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.