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A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. — Anonymous

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool. — Margaret Of Valois

The wise man is glad to be instructed, but a self-sufficient fool falls flat on his face. — Anonymous

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad

Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death. — Jacoby Shaddix

Now here is a riddle," Melisandre said. "A clever fool and a foolish wise man. — George R R Martin

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. — Benjamin Franklin

Let the fools hold on to their treasured stupidity
Let yourself be safe in wisdom with much rapidity — Munia Khan

Kent. Who's there?
Fool. Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a wise man and a fool. — William Shakespeare

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen

Don't confess to being a fool or a wise man; let others decide for you — Nancy B. Brewer

A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity. — Confucius

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. — Democritus

The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes. — Joe Abercrombie

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him. — Christie Golden

I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

How strange it is, that a fool or a knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! — Ann Radcliffe

A wise man can be a fool in love. — Chetan Bhagat

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. — Otto Von Bismarck

A fool shouts charge when he should retreat, A coward shouts retreat when he should charge and a wise man knows the difference. I charge. — Tonny K. Brown

A wise man rules his passions, fool obeys them. — Publilius Syrus

The wise man sees the fool & laughs & the fool never knows why — Jovie Sumner

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. — George Eliot

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. — Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton

A clever fool and a foolish wise man. — George R R Martin

A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee. — Joseph Conrad

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool. — Gautama Buddha

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Ben Jonson

The wise teach, the righteous learn from them; the foolish disregard any knowledge handed to them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell. — Thomas Fuller

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. — Francois Rabelais

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. — Diogenes

A fool is known by his
speech; and a wise man by
silence. — Pythagoras

A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of
his mind. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. — C.S. Lewis

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him — Confucius

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage. — Brigham Young

A man may live like a fool for a year, and become wise in a day. — John Williams

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool. — Gautama Buddha

A fool does not see the same trees a wise man sees. — Rick Hilles

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. — Socrates

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. — Anonymous

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

A wise man understands, an intelligent man knows, but a fool pretends to know. — Debasish Mridha

It's a wise man who isn't afraid to make a fool of himself every now and then. — Benita J. Prins

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. — William Makepeace Thackeray

A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Heinrich Heine

A wise man sees failure as progress.
A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic,
And loses his soul in the process. — Canibus

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. — Norman Douglas

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction. — Benjamin Whichcote

The difference between a wise man and a fool is a wise man learns his lessons from other people's mistakes and a fool only learns from his own. — Duane "Dog" Chapman

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell. Thomas Fuller — Jessica Shirvington

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy. — Owen Feltham

Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The wise man molds himself - the fool lives only to die. — Frank Herbert

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue. — Ivan Panin

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool. — Gautama Buddha

The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. — William Blake

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — Thomas Fuller

The fool wanders, a wise man travels. — Thomas Fuller

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius

A fool will seek revenge, the wise man will allow God's karma. — Keshia Chante

the wise man needs nothing and yet he can make good use of anything, whereas the fool 'needs' countless things but can make good use of none of them. — Donald J. Robertson

Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement. — Jennifer Melzer

What a wise man does with one dollar is greater than what a fool does with ten thousand. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

The wise see in the dark;
the foolish are blind, even in light. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — Plato

A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue. — Saint Francis De Sales

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. — Neil Gaiman

Rather know nothing than half-know many things! Rather be a fool on one's own account than a wise man in the opinion of others! — Friedrich Nietzsche

A man can be old and a fool
many are
a man can be young and wise
few are — Charles Bukowski

Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks. — Criss Jami

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect. — William Blake

Any fool can get into a fight, but a wise man knows how to stay out of them. — Ken Follett

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. — Niccolo Machiavelli

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. — Louis L'Amour

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. — Doris Lessing