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Fools may invent fashions that wise men will wear. — English
Fools must not be set on eggs. — German
Fools love all that is good. — English
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — English
Fools refuse favors. — English
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Fools rejoice at promises. — Russian
Fools will be meddling. — English
Fools will be fools. — English
Fools tie knots and wise men loosen them. — English
Fools should not see half-done work. — Scottish
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Fools set stools for wise men to stumble at. — English
Fools live poor to die rich. — English
Fools laugh at their own sport. — English
Fools are free all the world over. — Dutch
Fools go in throngs. — French
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Fools build houses and wise men buy them. — English
Fools are not sown nor ploughed, they grow of themselves. — Finnish
Fools and weeds grow without rain. — Yiddish
Fools invent fashions and wise men follow them. — French
Fools have fortune. — English
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Fools grow without watering. — English
Fools are known by their babbling. — English
Fools do foolish things. — Australian
Fools don't have to be sown; they grow up by themselves. — Yiddish
Fools and scissors may be put to use. — Japanese
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Fools are wise men in the affairs of women. — English
Fools are pleased with their own blunders. — English
Fools are of all sizes. — English
Fools and madmen speak the truth. — English
Fools are lucky. — Russian
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Fools and little dogs are ladies' playfellows. — English
Fools never know when they are well. — English
Fools no Latin know. — English
Forbid a fool a thing, and that he will do. — Scottish
Fortune favors fools. — English
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Fortune often knocks at the door, but the fool does not invite her in.— Danish
From fools and children you will learn the truth. — Greek
From a fool you have trouble. — Yiddish
God protect you from a woman's judgment and a fool's thrashing. — Rumanian
God takes care of fools, and drunken men. — Scottish
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God alone understands fools. — French
God helps three sorts of people: fools, children, and drunkards. — French
God watches over fools. — Yiddish
Good words and ill deeds deceive the wise and fools. — English
Half a fool is worse than a whole one. — Hebrew
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Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold. — German
He who claps his hands for the fool to dance is no better than the fool.— African (Yoruba)
He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion. — Italian
He that trusts a thief is a fool. — English
He has great need of a fool that plays the fool himself. — English
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