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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.
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.
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 foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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.
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.
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.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
