Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools


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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
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Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
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Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
NAPOLéON BONAPARTE
The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.
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Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance.
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
BIBLE
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR)
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER
Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR
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AMBROSE GWINETT BIERCE
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AMBROSE BIERCE
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AMBROSE BIERCE
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
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The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS T. CICERO
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
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Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
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If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
BIBLE
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
BERNARD DE BONNARD
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In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
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Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied h...
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The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
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THOMAS PAINE
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
HARRY DAY
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
DOUGLAS BADER
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
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AMBROSE BIERCE
I tell you the world is full of fools and only fools call each other fools.
VIKRANT PARSAI
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools
PROVERB
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
THOMAS FULLER
Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are ho...
BIBLE
Yet with great toil all that I can attain by long experience, and in learned schools, is for to know...
WILLIAM ALEXANDER
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MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIAN
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish
QUINTILIAN
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GARY F EVANS...
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AMBROSE BIERCE
Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM
Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
JOHN WEBSTER
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC DISRAELI
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING
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AMBROSE BIERCE
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools.
THOMAS HOBBES
Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS
Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS ANACHARSIS
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS
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ANUJ SOMANY
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN (ALBINUS)
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN
Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN
Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight
SCOTTISH PROVERB
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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