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Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
Sep 11, 2025
Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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.
There are more fools in the world than there are people.
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Wise men speak because they have something to say
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. They say it closely resembles death.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
A fool and his money are soon partying.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
A fool and his money are soon married.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.