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Foolishness
«A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without progress; inquiry, without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends»
«As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether thy be wise or foolish»
Author: Demosthenes
| About:
Foolishness,
Mankind,
Speech,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
cracked, proved, Speeches, The Sound, vessel
«A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness»
Author: Malayan Proverb
| About:
Foolishness
| Keywords:
beats, drum, drummed, drumming, drum up, hollowness, the Big
«A barber learns to shave by shaving fools»
Author: Romanian Proverb
| About:
Foolishness,
Learning
| Keywords:
barber, barbered, Barbers, shave, shaving
«By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed»
Author: African Proverb
| About:
Foolishness
| Keywords:
Be a Player, dispersed, dispersing, fool, game, learned, players, The Fool, The Time
«Beauty and folly are old companions.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Beauty,
Foolishness
| Keywords:
companions