Foolishness is wretchedness

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Foolishness is the most harmful companion

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Foolishness is the worst ailment

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Foolishness is from the fruits of ignorance

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Foolishness is an ailment which cannot be remedied and a sickness that cannot be cured

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The worst indigence is foolishness

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The most harmful thing is foolishness

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How bad an ailment foolishness is!

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The poverty of foolishness is not alleviated by [material] wealth

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All [forms of] poverty can be redressed except the poverty of foolishness

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There is no poverty more severe than foolishness

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There is no ailment worse than foolishness

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Dimwittedness is idiocy

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The weapon of ignorance is dimwittedness

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Dimwittedness is not like intelligence

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The dimwit does not know the right of the wise one

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Ineptness is the worst quality

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Ineptness is a disgraceful attribute

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Ineptness is not in anything but that it tarnishes it

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There is no attribute more belittling than ineptitude

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Imbecility is from the most detestable of traits

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Foolishness leads to superfluity

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Foolishness makes one a stranger in his own hometown

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The fool is a stranger in his [own] hometown, [and is] humiliated among his near ones

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With foolishness, what is sought is not achieved

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Dimwittedness attracts evil

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Beware of dimwittedness for verily it causes one to be deserted by his friends

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Shun dimwittedness, for verily it belittles a person and dishonor’s him

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Dimwittedness is enough as a disgrace

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Increased dimwittedness brings about ill feelings and gives rise to hatred

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One whose obscenity increases is regarded as vile

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The fool does not improve by being disgraced

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A fool does not improve by abasement and he is does not separate from fault and loss

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Foolishness is occupying oneself with the superfluous and accompanying the ignorant

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The foolishness of a person is recognized by [his] cheerfulness in times of blessing and increased abjectness in times of tribulation

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The foolishness of a person is recognized in three things: in his talking about that which does not concern him, [in] his answering that which he was not asked and his recklessness in [his] affairs

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For the fool there is an oath with every statement

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One who uses obscene language is reviled

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Whoever disapproves of the faults of people but accepts them in himself, then that is a fool

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Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness

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From the signs of foolishness are: being audacious without any means and boasting without [possessing] any nobility

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Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness

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Increased fickleness is from the signs of a fool

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Dimwittedness is the key to ridicule

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Frivolity [and heedlessness] makes life bitter

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Ineptness is opposing [others’] views and having enmity with one who is capable of causing harm

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In impudence and excessive joking there is foolishness

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One who belittles others for that which he himself does, then that is an imbecile

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The greatest foolishness is exaggeration in praise and censure

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The most foolish of all people is the one who thinks that he is the most intelligent of all people

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The most foolish of people is the arrogant pauper

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The most dim-witted of all fools is the one who boasts with foul language

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The greatest foolishness is being conceited in [the state of] poverty

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The most foolish of all people is the one who prevents good deeds and [then] seeks gratitude, and does evil and [then] expects the reward for [doing] good

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The most foolish of all people is the one who censures others for a vice while he [himself] performs it

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Keeping silent is the best response for a fool

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The remoteness of a fool is better than his nearness and his silence is better than his speech

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The friendship of a fool is like a tree of fire, part of it consumes [its] other parts

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The friendship of a fool vanishes the way a mirage vanishes and is dispersed the way mist gets dispersed

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Never have hope in the favour of one who makes you feel obliged, and do not rely upon the fool and the traitor

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Never show respect to a fool, even if he is [apparently] great

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Do not dispute with the fools and do not be infatuated with women, for indeed this degrades the intelligent ones

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Nothing corrects the dimwit but bitter [and harsh] speech

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Justice can never be sought from the foolish one except by being forbearing with him

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Refraining from replying a dimwit is the best reply you can give him

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One who enters the circle of dimwits is debased

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One who censures a dimwit has exposed himself to insult

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