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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
It takes a very wise man to act the fool.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.