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Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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.
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow read more
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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.
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.
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.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.