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Fools, Foolishness

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. – African Proverb

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. – English Proverb

He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress. – English Proverb

The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first. – Italian Proverb

Dont approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side. – Yiddish Proverb

In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool. – Yiddish Proverb

He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him. – Proverb

What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning. – Proverb

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. – Proverb

The fool is always beginning to live. – Proverb

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity. – Jean Baudrillard

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. – Al Bernstein

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldnt be any fun living in it, or profit. – Josh Billings

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way. – Josh Billings

Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. – Bioleau

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. – William Blake

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. – Nicholas Boileau

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. – Nicholas Boileau

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. – Nicholas Boileau

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools. – Gene Brown