Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.


Thomas Fuller

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future
MADAME MARIE DU DEFFAND
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement
ERIKA JOHANSEN
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.
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Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
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Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
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Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN
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.
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Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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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.
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I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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Her suspense was terrible.
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They waited for the elevator. " Most people love butterflies and hate moth," he said. "But moths are...
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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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
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Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
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Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight
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Wise men are instructed in reason;
Men of less understanding by experience;
The most unknowing...
SOURCE UNKNOWN
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SOCRATES
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
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The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ...
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Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. -Thomas Fuller.
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
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A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
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Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
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Eyeing her as a critic eyes a doubtful painting.
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If fools didn't talk, there wouldn't be wise men to listen and laugh.
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
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Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
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The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation
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Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence
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Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the ...
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Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
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Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again.
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Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
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And all this while the subtle-souled girl asking herself why she was born, why sitting in a room, an...
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The Scotchman seemed hardly the same Farfrae who had danced with her, and walked with her, in a deli...
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The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
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She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
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It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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Good clothes open all doors.
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Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
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