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A fool by chance may say a wise thing.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about chance, things

A fool may chance to say a wise thing.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about chance, things

Were fools silent they would pass for wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Fools build house and wise men live in them.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house, man

'Tis a wise child that knows its own father.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about children

He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

Soon ripe, soon rotten; soon wise, soon foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

Fools ask what's o'clock, but wise men know their time.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man, time

A fool may meet with good fortune, but the wise only profits by it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth, good, good luck

He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day

A wise husband and a patient wife equal a peaceful home and a happy life.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about husband, happiness, home, wife, life

The wise man is great through his own merits.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about man

The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about man

If you are wise, look after your house; love your wife without alloy.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about wife, home, house, love, contentment

Success makes a fool seem wise.

Proverbs and old sayings English about success

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Proverbs and old sayings English about events

Some man are wise, and some are otherwise.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings English about wealth, man

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man