Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.


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Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
WELSH PROVERB
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's
WELSH PROVERB
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CATO THE ELDER
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
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
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
GEORGE HERBERT
Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO
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
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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
Prejudice is the reason of fools
VOLTAIRE
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they...
SOCRATES
Wise men are instructed in reason;
Men of less understanding by experience;
The most unknowing...
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Imagination cannot make fools wise; but she can make them happy, to the envy of reason, who can only...
BLAISE PASCAL
Life's irony;Atimes the wise may have to act foolish in other to maintain the status of being wise.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
The wise person is one who can take $1 & turn it to $10
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
“When wise men plan for life they equally plan for death. But when fools plan for life they don't ...
DOUGLAS YEBOAH
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
THOMAS FULLER
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
Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
PROVERB
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC DISRAELI
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
BERNARD DE BONNARD
Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance.
ANONYMOUS
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our d...
BARBARA JORDAN
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
TIBETAN PROVERB
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
The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
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
Money makes the wise more humble,but an opportunity for the fool to exhibit all his pride.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
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
If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
NORWEGIAN PROVERB
Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
THOMAS FULLER
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
DAVID HUME
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”

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ALVIN TOFFLER
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ANUJ SOMANY
There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re...
ANUJ SOMANY
What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
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
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
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.
PROVERB
Kompjuter je samom sebi zbrinuto zaćeretao primijetivši da se jedna zračna komora otvorila i zati...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
THE TALMUD
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
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
BIBLE
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
SPANISH PROVERB
One mans stupidity is another mans wisdom.
LINDSAY KOLB
If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints.
ALFONSO THE WISE
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
We start as fools and become wise through experience
AFRICAN PROVERB
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
BIBLE
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
BIBLE
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
AFRICAN PROVERB
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
BIBLE
Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as s...
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN
Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future
MADAME MARIE DU DEFFAND
SACRIFICE OR SELFISHNESS -THE CRUCIAL CHOICE
HENNA SOHAIL
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
BIBLE
There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM
Wise people understand the need to consult experts; only fools are confident they know everything.
KEN POIROT
The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts and questions, while fools are so certai...
SHANNON L. ALDER
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terr...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET)
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIRE
To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ...
GARY F EVANS...
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
SOTONYE ANGA
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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