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Fools Recycle Silliness

26We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H3684 2You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H935 3A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools!H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H1460 4Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.H6030H3684H200H7737 5Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head.H6030H3684H200H2450H5869 6You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H2555 7A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H3684 8Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H3684 9To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H3684 10Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H5674 11As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H200 12See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H3684 13Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads.H6102H559H7826H1870H738H7339 14Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H4296 15A 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.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H2940 17You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that's none of your business.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H241 18People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, "I didn't mean it, I was only joking,"H3856H3384H2131H2671H4194 19Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.H376H7411H7453H559H7832 20When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H8367 21A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H7379 22Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly?H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H990 23Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H5509 24Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while conniving against you.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H7130 25When he speaks warmly to you, don't believe him for a minute; he's just waiting for the chance to rip you off.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H3820 26No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H6951 27Malice backfires; spite boomerangs.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H7725 28Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072


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