Can't see the forest for the trees. unknown

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Don't cry over spilt milk. James Howell

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Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. Mid 14th century French Proverb

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Don't try to reinvent the wheel. unknown

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Fools and scissors require good handling. Japanese (on foolishness)

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Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent. Danish (on foolishness)

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Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. Alexander Pope

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If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. Pampango - Filipino (on buying and selling)

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If you follow a fool, you are a fool yourself. Jamaican (on foolishness)

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It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. Italian (on common sense)

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It is a fool's sheep that breaks loose twice. Ashanti (West African) (on foolishness)

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It's better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Bible

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Only a fool hates that which he knows nothing about. unknown

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Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals. Maori (on foolishness)

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Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion. Benjamin Franklin

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Sing away sorrow, cast away care. Miguel de Cervantes

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The complete fool is half prophet. Yiddish (on foolishness)(Meaning: even a fool is right half the time)

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The fool is thirsty in the midst of water. Ethiopian (on foolishness)

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The fool never undertakes little. Czech (on foolishness)

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The hero appears only after the tiger is dead. Burmese (on cynicism)

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The right place at the wrong time. unknown

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette

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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. Euripedes

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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Unknown Author

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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. J.R.R. Tolkien

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If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid. Laurell K. Hamilton

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Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great. Cher

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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. Horace

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Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. Unknown Author

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Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness. Sophocies

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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Khalil Gibran

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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. Sacha Guitry

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Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. John McCarthy

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The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. Harlan Elison

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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. Alice Walker

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With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are. Criss Jami

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. Epictetus

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion. James Russell Lowell

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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. Edith Sitwell

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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change. Confucius

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Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare

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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. African Proverb

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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. English Proverb

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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way. Josh Billings

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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. Albert Einstein

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A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one. Moliere

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A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions. Wilson Mizner

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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain

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