- Answer not a fool according to his folly.

Saying about taking to a fool. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool for he will despise the good sense of your words. Now while the bridegroom was delaying they all got drowsy and began to sleep. Lest you be led to utter folly yourself or to side with him in his opinions and practices.

11 It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool says Dr. It is a futile frustrating endeavor. You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

The clear instruction from Scripture is not to waste your time trying to deal with a fool. It says in the Bible that if you argue with a fool you become one. Proverbs 239 Do not speak to a fool for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 149a Fools mock at sin. Thats why I dont talk to Fred Durst. For when the foolish took their lamps they took no oil with them but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

Do not speak to fools for they will scorn your prudent words. Tis better to keep quiet and be thot a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. Categories of phrases - expressions and sayings grouped under topic headings.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. Who are a little wise the best fools be. A fool may talk but a wise man speaks.