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Too much wisdom is folly.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wisdom

Where Nature stops folly begins.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nature

Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell.

Proverbs and old sayings German about honour

Nobody so wise but has a little folly to spare.

Proverbs and old sayings German

To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the world is foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about world, wisdom

A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, Truth is great and will win out.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about truth, man

When folly passes by, reason draws back.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about reason

A fool talks of folly.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

No folly like being in love.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about being, love

'Tis folly to love fetters, though they be of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about love

It is sheer folly to expect justice from the unprincipled.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about justice

Wisdom is folly unless a wise man guides it.

Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom, man

Youth is a folly; maturity, a struggle; old age a remorse.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about fight, olderness, youth, age, old

The malady that is more incurable is folly.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about malady

Too much laughter discovers folly.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about laughter

Whoever falls sick of folly, is long in getting cured.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If folly were a pain, there would be groaning in every house.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pain, home, house

What use is wisdom when folly reigns?

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about use, wisdom

As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

Proverbs and old sayings