Learned fools exceed all fools


German Proverb

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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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I tell you the world is full of fools and only fools call each other fools.
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What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.
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It is impossible to make anything fool- proof because fools are so ingenious.
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
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Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
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Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
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When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brillian...
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
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Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
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Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
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Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
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Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
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Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.
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Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.
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I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.
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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
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And thus love makes fools of us all.
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Fools rush in - and get all the best seats.
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The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
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Fools die.
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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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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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The world is full of fools, and he who would not see it should live alone and smash his mirror.
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Fools multiply folly
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A fool and his money together again.
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Money hates fools.
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If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
CHINESE PROVERB
All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]
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The greatest fool of all is the man who fools himself.
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This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.
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All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.
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Fools are without number.
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Fools grow without watering.
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Wishers were ever fools.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Fool me no fools.
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Only fools are positive.
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Fools are not Foolish.
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Fortune, that favors fools
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Only fools are positive
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Old fools are babes again.
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Children and fools speak true
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One of love's April-fools.
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Children and fools cannot lie
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Love is for fools, Christian.
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One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
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