It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
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When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.
Pleasure can turn the body into a slave.Desire can turn the mind into a fool.Passion can turn the heart into a beast.Love can turn the soul into an angel.
Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.
Any fool can break something, criticise someone and tear things apart. It takes a far more skilled, wise and kind soul to build something, nurture someone, fix things and help others thrive over time.
Books have more useful things to say than fools.
A fool can read a thousand books and learn nothing.A wise person can read one and become great. Using books for decoration is what ordinary men do. Using books for knowledge is what intelligent people do.
By the time a fool learns how to hold a spear, the lion has eaten him.
A foolish son has no advantage over an orphan.