Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
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- A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
- Soon learnt, soon forgotten
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
- He that has no head needs no hat
- The voice of one man is the voice of no one
- All men can't be masters
- Man proposes but God disposes
- Out of sight, out of mind
- Men may meet but mountains never
- Fools and madmen speak the truth
- It is never too late to learn
- Children and fools must not play with edged tools
- A man is known by the company he keeps
- He is a fool that forgets himself
- A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will