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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (Quote by - Bible)

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. (Quote by - Nicholas Murray Butler)

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. (Quote by - Bible)

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. (Quote by - La Rochefoucauld)

The folly of one man is the fortune of another. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (Quote by - Bible)

A fool must now and then be right by chance. (Quote by - Cicero)

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. (Quote by - Bible)

Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. (Quote by - George Chapman)

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. (Quote by - Cicero)

Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion. (Quote by - Cervantes)

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. (Quote by - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux)

The folly of one man is the fortune of another. (Quote by - Sir Francis Bacon)

The shortest follies are the best. (Quote by - Pierre Charron)

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Quote by - Bible)

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