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

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish. — John Ray

Love is your master, for he masters you;
And he that is so yoked by a fool,
Methinks, should not be chronicled for wise. — William Shakespeare

Yes, and shall do till the pangs of death shake him. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the better fool. — William Shakespeare

We are living in a world where Ignorance is celebrated as wisdom and Wisdom sidelined as Ignorance. — Rajesh Nanoo

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

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. — John Dryden

God invites. We decline. And because of that single foolhardy decision we spend the rest of our lives 'declining'. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Only a fool will accept a gift you cannot keep. You can't keep anything from the world but salvation is wise and everlasting. John 3:16 — Felix Wantang

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

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. — Anonymous

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

Leading fools is like leading no one.
Following a fool is like following no one.
The wise make the best leaders and followers. — 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

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

Remember, a wise person moves through his unhappiness alone and whenever he is
happy he shares it with everyone. The fool does the opposite. — Bella Meraki

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

I don't agree that when you love, you are blind or fool. You just get wiser and see clearer what is best and of worth. — Hark Herald Sarmiento

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

God's way must be the best way. Follow it though men think you a fool, and you will be truly wise. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible ... — Napoleon Bonaparte

Be wise and resist pleasures. A fool always seeks pleasures. — Debasish Mridha

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools. — Horace

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

Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has made them fortunate. — Michel De Montaigne

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. — Franz Schubert

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

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out. — Wilkie Collins

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

Wealth is the slave of the wise man and master of the fool. — Seneca.

Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. — H.G.Wells

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by. — Winston Churchill

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

A dog to vomit does turn,
A fool to folly but return,
The wise err and learn,
Gaining from each burn. — Munindra Misra

Quoting E. B. White is the easiest way I know of to fool people into thinking that I am perceptive, witty, and wise. — Peter Behrens

Fools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage. — Michael Hyatt

We are all half fool, half wise , there is no wisdom without foolishness and no pride without shame . — Elif Shafak

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

A fool always finds something to complain about, and a wise person always finds something to appreciate. — Debasish Mridha

Fools do not acknowledge God,
the proud reject Him,
the wise embrace Him,
and the righteous worship Him. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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

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

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

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk. — Philip Sidney

And a Fool is supposed to be wise? — Robin Hobb

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

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

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

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. — Samuel Johnson

But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool of you that you will know yourself for one, and so begin to be wise! — George MacDonald

Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise. — Rumi

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

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

Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. — William Shakespeare

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire — Ambrose Bierce

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

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

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

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies. — Edward Young

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

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 person is on firm ground,
a fool is on thin ice,
and an evil person is already drowning. — Matshona Dhliwayo

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

A wise person is silent and rarely wants to show his wisdom. A fool is always vocal and uses every opportunity to show his foolishness. — Debasish Mridha

A wise person learns from the mistakes of others, a normal person learns from their own, and a fool learns nothing, ever. — Robert J. Crane

To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise. — Ernest Chapman