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asking becomes foolish questions stopped until
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.
bottom fool man mountain wisdom wise
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
fool money rest soon tax taxes-and-taxation wait
A fool and his money are soon parted. The rest of us wait for tax time.
cannot fool goes man says wisdom wise
The wise man says it cannot be done, but the fool goes and does it.
fool fortune great hands wealth
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
becomes change difficult suffer
When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change -- then you will change.
length saying short time words yes
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
further hands heights higher ordinary people perform push teams-and-teamwork towards
Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.
fear gloomy stars witness
We fear not death. That gloomy night, that pale-faced moon, and the affrighted stars that hurried through the sky, can witness that we fear not death.
appealed ask ran voting
When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: ''I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.''
courage face strong
We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.
caused fear form sustained worry
Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.
across common convey empires languages life mental period precious safely sail shipwreck suffered time treasures words
Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
gives preach virtues wealth
Wealth is what gives you the right to preach about the virtues of poverty.