Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.


Oscar Hammerstein

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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Wise men and fools cannot exist without the other. If there are no wise men, there are no fools, and...
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
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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.
ANACHARSIS
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN (ALBINUS)
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
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them
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Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
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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
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
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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
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
Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence
WILL HENRY
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.
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
HARRY DAY
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
DOUGLAS BADER
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
SPANISH PROVERB
If fools didn't talk, there wouldn't be wise men to listen and laugh.
EPHDAN
Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
THOMAS FULLER
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
AFRICAN PROVERB
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
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Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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SOURCE UNKNOWN
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
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Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f...
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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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Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
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An old cynic is a guy, who is simply telling the truth, and that gripes the hell out of leeches; the...
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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
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Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the...
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Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas...
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING
It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
EDWARD YOUNG
We start as fools and become wise through experience
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Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be right, your reasons are sure to be w...
SIR JAMES MANSFIELD
If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.
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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
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.
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If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
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If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
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The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools.
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tho it may hurt to try you should never give up because you may never know were it may lead.
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I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino act...
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm....
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When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playin...
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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remembe...
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For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
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Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.
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A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, see...
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I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is...
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That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,&...
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of...
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I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a ...
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