Famous Proverbs
900 Proverbs about Fool / Page 15
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A fool talks of folly.142.
A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.143.
By much laughter you detect the fool.144.
Correct a wise man, and he will be grateful; correct a fool, and he will not only give a deaf ear, but send you off with a flea in your ear.145.
Despise school and remain a fool.146.
Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.147.
Even a fool sometimes speaks to the purpose.148.
Fortune favours fools.149.
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all the contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and is struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.150.
He is a fool who spares the children after having killed the father.