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Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
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.
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.
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.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
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.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.