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Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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

Even the wisest and the best of us can be foolish occasionally. — Dean Koontz

I wondered at him, so wise and so foolish, to have lived with me all these months and not know that the worst storms break inside a man. — Maria McCann

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

The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray. — Algernon Blackwood

How many times has our conscience firmly prompted us to 'draw the line,' and we showed up with an eraser? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. — Ambrose Bierce

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

The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that. — Socrates

There is no gap between the ignorant and the wise. A foolish person is a wise person; a wise person is a foolish person. — Shunryu Suzuki

In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has" (Proverbs 21:20, NIV). — Gary Chapman

Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. — Thomas Carlyle

The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere. — Magha

The wise respond.The foolish react.The wise think and then act.The foolish act and then regret.-RVM — R.v.m.

13Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. — Anonymous

Dorian is far too wise not to do foolish things now and then, — Oscar Wilde

Whatever you do, foolish or wise, important or unimportant, do with love and enthusiasm. — Debasish Mridha

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles. — Emile Zola

Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme. — Sakyong Mipham

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

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. — Buddha

God bless our good and gracious King,
Whose promise none relies on;
Who never said a foolish thing,
Nor ever did a wise one. — John Wilmot

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

We are foolish and sentimental and melodramatic at twenty-five, but if we weren't perhaps we should be less wise at fifty. — W. Somerset Maugham

Fools and wise-folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The world was a playground for the foolish and an exalted wonder of love and magic for the wise. — Don Bradley

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed. — Baltasar Gracian

It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise. — Gottfried Leibniz

Prosperity hath slain the foolish and wounded the wise. — John Owen

But how a man like you, who looks so wise
And wears a moustache of such splendid size,
Can be so foolish as to ... — Moliere

In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men — Theodor Reik

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say. — Confucius

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise. — Michael Ende

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton

Life is a gift for the wise, a playground for the foolish, a heaven for the rich, and a hell for the poor. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are greatly revered,
the righteous are exceedingly honored,
and the foolish are repeatedly disgraced. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. — Charles Caleb Colton