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It is good to hold the ass by the bridle, and a scoffing fool by his wits' end. — English
It is a cunning part to play the fool well. — English
It is as easy to win an argument with a fool, as to put a halter on a dead horse. — English
You should not ask a fool a question nor give him an explanation. — Yiddish
It is better to be a beggar than a fool. — English
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It it hard to please everybody, yet it is harder to fool anyone. — Filipino
It is easier to roll stones up a mountain than to talk to a fool. — Serbo-Croatian
It's better to be with a wise man in hell than with a fool in paradise. — Yiddish
Knaves and fools divide the world. — English
Lawyer's houses are built on the heads of fools. — English
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Learned fools are the greatest fools. — German
Lend and lose, so play fools. — English
Lords and fools speak freely. — Danish
Love has made heroes of many and fools of many more. — Swedish
Love and foolishness differ from each other only in name. — Hungarian
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Love makes a wit of the fool. — English
Make a fool pray to God, and he'll smash his forehead. — Russian
Many a one for land takes a fool by the hand. — English
Money is no fool, if a wise man have it in keeping. — English
Much abides behind what a fool thinks. — English
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Neither give to all nor contend with fools. — English
Never challenge a fool to do wrong. — French
No studies are necessary to become a fool. — Mexican
No one is a fool always, everyone sometimes. — English
No play without a fool in it. — English
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No candle is wanted to look for a fool. — Serbo-Croatian
Nobody is twice a fool. — African (Ga)
None but fools lay wagers. — English
None is so wise but the fool overtakes him. — English
None plays the fool well without wit. — English
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Nothing looks more like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue. — German
On a fool's beard the barber learns to shave. — French
One cannot teach wisdom to a fool. — African (Ovambo)
One fool is an expert on the other. — Yiddish
One fool in a play is more than enough. — English
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One fool can ask more than ten wise men can answer. — Yiddish
One fool makes many. — English
One fool can drop a stone into a well that a hundred men cannot take out. — Filipino
One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. — French
One fool makes a hundred. — Spanish
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One fool may ask more questions than ten wise men can answer. — Danish
One fool praises another. — German
One does not cross a river with a fool. — African (Ovambo)
Only a fool believes that the clouds that obscures the moon. It has shined behind them for eternity. — Ghanaian
Only fools and fiddlers sing at meals. — English
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Only fools rely on miracles. — Yiddish
Only a fool would prefer food to a woman. — Irish
Play with a fool at home and he will play with you in the market. — English
Praise a fool and you may make him useful. — Danish
Reason governs the wise man, and cudgels the fool. — English
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