Italian Proverb Quotes

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.

It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.

Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor; so too does a little folly for a person of wisdom and honor.

I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.

Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.

The ones doing that, counting me out, are going to look silly.

Some people will go for the quick joke and not pay attention to the consequences.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.