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A fool will ask more questions than the wisest can answer. — English
A fool when he has spoken has done all. — Scottish
A fool and his money are soon parted. — English
A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise men to get it out again.— Italian
A fool thinks of his belly only. — Indian (Bihar)
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A fool thinks himself wise. — English
A fool sometimes gives good counsel. — Spanish
A fool remains a fool. — Yiddish
A stomach is not carried by a fool. — Kenyan
A fool only wins the first game. — Danish
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A fool never makes a good husband. — American
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in a year. — Yiddish
A fool needs a lot of shoes. — Yiddish
You can't argue against a proverb, a fool, or the truth. — Russian
A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel. — English
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A fool may make money, but it needs a wise man to spend it. — English
A fool may give a wise man counsel by a time. — Scottish
A fool may chance to say a wise thing. — Dutch
A fool makes two trips where a wise man makes none. — Yiddish
A white wall is a fool's paper. — English
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A stupid cow leads her calf near the road. — Cameroonian
A fool is like a wanderer lost on a path. — Kenyan
A fool believes everything. — English
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's. — English
A wise man carries his cloak in fair weather, and a fool wants his in rain. — Scottish
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A half fool is a very wise man. — Yiddish
A heady man and a fool may wear the same cap. — English
A great sage is often taken for a great fool. — Japanese
A bribe blinds the clever, and how much more so the fool! — Hebrew
A drunk can sleep it off, but never a fool. — Russian
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A wise man's thoughts walk within him, but a fool's without him. — English
A wise man won't call a fool a fool, but a fool will always call a wise man a fool. — Russian
A wise man walks on foot and a fool rides in a coach. — Yiddish
A wise man begins in the end; a fool ends in the beginning. — English
A word is more to him that has wisdom than a sermon to a fool. — English
A wise man knows what he says, a fool says what he knows. — Yiddish
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A knave discovered is a great fool. — English
A wise man conceals his intelligence; the fool displays his foolishness. — Yiddish
A wager is a fool's argument. — Scottish
A secret that should be concealed in the mind is uttered by a fool. — Indian (Tamil)
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A madman and a fool are no witnesses. — English
A great fortune, in the hands of a fool, is a great misfortune. — English
A man at fifteen may be a fool at fifty. — English
A fair promise binds a fool. — French
All cantors are fools, but not all fools are cantors. — Hebrew
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Among beautiful women there are many fools. — Japanese
An easy fool is a knave's tool. — English
An obliging fool is more dangerous than an enemy. — Russian
An old fool is worse than a young simpleton. — Danish
Animals have long tongues but can't speak; fools have short tongues and shouldn't speak. — Yiddish
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