26We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H36842You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H9353A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools!H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H14604Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.H6030H3684H200H77375Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head.H6030H3684H200H2450H58696You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H25557A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H36848Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H36849To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H368410Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H567411As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H20012See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H368413Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads.H6102H559H7826H1870H738H733914Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H429615A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H6310
Like Glaze on Cracked Pottery
16Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H294017You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that's none of your business.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H24118People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, "I didn't mean it, I was only joking,"H3856H3384H2131H2671H419419Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.H376H7411H7453H559H783220When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H836721A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H737922Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly?H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H99023Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H550924Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while conniving against you.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H713025When he speaks warmly to you, don't believe him for a minute; he's just waiting for the chance to rip you off.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H382026No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H695127Malice backfires; spite boomerangs.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H772528Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072