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He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, wife, good, good luck, things, money

Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.

Proverbs and old sayings

Man dat carry straw no fe fool wid fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about fire, fire brigade, man

Even a fool has one talent.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about talent

A fool is only cured by dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

There is no medicine for a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about medicine

Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about laughter

It is foolish to deal with a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Even a fool knows the glow of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about contentment

He who eats globefish soup is a fool; so is he who does not.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will learn from no other.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about school, experience

The poor fool is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about man

The fool takes many people with him.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A cunning man likes the company of a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings about companies, man

The lawsuit of a fool keeps the court all day.

Proverbs and old sayings about day

The wind does not respect a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings about respect

A fool's only achievement is death.

Proverbs and old sayings about death

A fool and his head are soon parted.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads