Meaning: The fool is struck beside the stick, and if she doesn't learn, she's struck directly

Context: Gentle correction comes first; if ignored, harsher discipline follows

Meaning: The fool found after being lost said, "Why rejoice? I'll get lost again tomorrow."

Context: The unwise never learn from past mistakes

Meaning: Foolishness is an accident

Context: Ignorance brings disaster — lack of thought causes harm

Meaning: The fool knows jealousy, not reckoning

Context: Envy replaces wisdom — emotion blinds reason

Meaning: A fool carries her rope on her elbows

Context: Even simple tasks confuse the ignorant

Meaning: A fool has twelve eyes but sees with one

Context: Knowledge without understanding is useless — awareness needs insight

Meaning: When given clean soil, a fool thinks it's insult, not blessing

Context: The foolish can't recognize kindness or value

Meaning: A fool doesn't cause smoke but flaps her sleeves

Context: The incompetent make noise without effect

Meaning: A fool remembers the fight, not the peace

Context: The ignorant dwell on conflict, not resolution

Meaning: A fool mistakes shade for shelter

Context: The naive see comfort where there's none

Meaning: When a fool argues, she thinks it's war

Context: The ignorant confuse debate with enmity

Meaning: A fool has no destiny

Context: Ignorance destroys opportunity — wisdom feeds fate

Meaning: When sand is poured on a fool, he thinks it's insult

Context: The foolish misinterpret everything — ignorance breeds confusion

Meaning: The fool praises blindly

Context: Praise without judgment is worthless

Meaning: Foolish one, beware of fire!

Context: A mock warning — fools rush into danger unaware

Meaning: A fool is no relative

Context: Foolishness breaks kinship — stupidity alienates even family

Meaning: A fool who talks of fate can't be trusted with your rope

Context: Don't entrust duties to the incompetent — talk is not trustworthiness

Meaning: A fool cursed Prophet Moses

Context: The ignorant disrespect greatness — foolishness knows no limits

Meaning: Between a lost fool and a daring hero lies disaster

Context: Recklessness and ignorance both end badly

Meaning: A fool and night are both dark

Context: Ignorance is blindness — knowledge brings light