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A wise son makes his father happy; a foolish one grieves his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, mother

A fool can tell only foolish things.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about things

Useless wisdom is double foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about wisdom

A foolish bride gets no presents.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

A loud voice can make even the truth sound foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about voice, truth

It's foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It's a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It is foolish to deal with a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Wine is water adulterated by foolish talk.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wine, water

For every hundred lashes needed by the foolish, only one word is needed by the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.

Proverbs and old sayings

The misfortune of the foolish is a warning to the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Nothing is more foolish than to dabble in too many things.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about things, nothing

Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better an old but wise man than a young but foolish man.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about man, old, olderness

Never in speech with a foolish knave shouldst thou waste a single word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

The foolish man lies awake all night Thinking of his many problems; When the morning comes he is worn out And his trouble is just as it was.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, thinking, night, man

To make an error is human, keep doing it is foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about error, human imperfections

The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife, man

Tell not thy mind to thy foolish friend, nor to thy wise enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings about mind, enemies