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Answer a fool according to his folly.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs and old sayings

No answer is also an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about silence, americans

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To a quick question give a slow answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about question

The best answer comes from the man who isn't angry.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer

Proverbs and old sayings British about question, old, olderness, contentment

The right answer to a fool is silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about silence, rightness

Beware of time because it has the answers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Speak kind words and you will hear kind answers.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about word, americans, contentment

When death knocks at your door, you must answer.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about death, americans, contentment

It's not every question that deserves an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about question, americans

Don't knock at a dead man's door and expect an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity answers.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about chance, americans, contentment

Heard the question wrong, answered wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings about bad, question