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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.
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.
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.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
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.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
