At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.


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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN
Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fool...
CATO THE ELDER
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR)
Wise men and fools cannot exist without the other. If there are no wise men, there are no fools, and...
SIDDHARTH KONKIMALLA
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR)
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
PROVERB
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS
Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS ANACHARSIS
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
ALCUIN (ALBINUS)
Man thinks, God directs. [Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]
ALCUIN (ALBINUS)
We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of the people is the voice of God, for ...
ALCUIN (ALBINUS)
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN
Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them
SAMUEL PALMER
Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight
SCOTTISH PROVERB
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
THOMAS HOOD
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
THOMAS FULLER
We may propose many plans, let's but remember that God can dispose our plans, propose a new and bett...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future
MADAME MARIE DU DEFFAND
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
HARRY DAY
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
THOMAS HUXLEY
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
DOUGLAS BADER
If fools didn't talk, there wouldn't be wise men to listen and laugh.
EPHDAN
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
JOHN TILLOTSON
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
JOHN TILLOTSON
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence
WILL HENRY
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
SPANISH PROVERB
Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise a...
THEODOR REIK
Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise a...
THEODORE REIK
Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
THOMAS FULLER
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f...
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS
Why don't the men propose, mamma? Why don't the men propose?
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY
Why don't the men propose, mamma, / Why don't the men propose?
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
PLATO
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PLATO
Wise men are instructed in reason;
Men of less understanding by experience;
The most unknowing...
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
PLATO
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
BOB DYLAN
“When wise men plan for life they equally plan for death. But when fools plan for life they don't ...
DOUGLAS YEBOAH
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they...
SOCRATES
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC DISRAELI
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the...
FRANCIS BACON
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the...
FRANCIS BACON SR.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
GEORGE CHAPMAN
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
GEORGE CHAPMAN
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
GEORGE CHAPMAN
An old cynic is a guy, who is simply telling the truth, and that gripes the hell out of leeches; the...
BOBBY W. MILLER
We start as fools and become wise through experience
AFRICAN PROVERB
Man proposes, God disposes is not the matter, the matter is what man possesses.
VIKRANT PARSAI
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIAN
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish
QUINTILIAN
To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.
ANONYMOUS
Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas...
ANUJ SOMANY
There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re...
ANUJ SOMANY
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
EDWARD YOUNG
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
AFRICAN PROVERB
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS T. CICERO
Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance.
ANONYMOUS
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
BIBLE
Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich.
PROVERB
Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers
SPANISH PROVERB
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
BERNARD DE BONNARD
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
TIBETAN PROVERB
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools
PROVERB
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
THOMAS FULLER
Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM
If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
NORWEGIAN PROVERB
All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
THE TALMUD
The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO

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