Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Stultus nisi quod ipse facit, nil rectum putat—The fool thinks nothing well done except what he does himself.

Stulti sunt inumerabiles—Fools are without number. Erasmus.

Stultitiam dissimulare non potes nisi taciturnitate—No concealing folly save by silence.

Stultitiam patiuntur opes—Riches allow one to 30 be foolish. Hor.

Stultitiam simulare loco, sapientia summa est—To affect folly on an occasion is consummate wisdom.

Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat—It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal uncured wounds. Hor.

Stultum est timere quod vitari non potest—It is foolish to distress ourselves about what cannot be avoided. Syr.

Stultus es, rem actam agis—You are a fool; you do what has been done already. Plaut.

Stultus labor est ineptiarum—The labour is 35 foolish that is bestowed on trifles. Mart.

Stultus, qui, patre occiso, liberos relinquat—He who kills the father and leaves the children is a fool. Pr.