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We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. |
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You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow. |
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A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat-- and a stick for the back of fools! |
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Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself. |
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Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head. |
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You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool. |
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A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle. |
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Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column. |
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To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk. |
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Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot. |
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As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness. |
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See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him. |
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Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads. |
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Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed. |
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A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth. |
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Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty. |
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You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that's none of your business. |
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People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, "I didn't mean it, I was only joking," |
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Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires. |
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When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down. |
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A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire. |
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Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly? |
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Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery. |
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Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while conniving against you. |
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When he speaks warmly to you, don't believe him for a minute; he's just waiting for the chance to rip you off. |
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No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public. |
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Malice backfires; spite boomerangs. |
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Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust. |
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