Meaning: A fool has twelve eyes but sees with one

Context: Knowledge without understanding is useless — awareness needs insight

Meaning: A fool carries her rope on her elbows

Context: Even simple tasks confuse the ignorant

Meaning: The fool knows jealousy, not reckoning

Context: Envy replaces wisdom — emotion blinds reason

Meaning: Foolishness is an accident

Context: Ignorance brings disaster — lack of thought causes harm

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: 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: A fool carries words in her mouth and burdens in her eyes

Context: Fools talk too much yet understand little — they lack balance between thought and speech

Meaning: The fool rethinks her words after speaking

Context: Regret follows thoughtless speech — think before you talk

Meaning: When others act, the fool thinks they're leaving her

Context: The ignorant misread action as rejection — misunderstanding breeds isolation

Meaning: The fool keeps neither law nor livestock

Context: Foolishness loses both order and wealth — discipline sustains both

Meaning: A long echo returns to its source

Context: What you send out comes back — actions have consequences

Meaning: Don't mix excitement with rest

Context: There's a time to act and a time to relax — balance matters

Meaning: The fly that learned to swim dies in soup

Context: Familiarity leads to carelessness — overconfidence causes downfall

Meaning: The fly lives in filth for its own need

Context: Some endure unpleasant places for gain — self-interest overrides pride

Meaning: The bat that couldn't reach the date spat bitterly

Context: The jealous scorn what they can't have — resentment hides failure

Meaning: Don't let patience become like that of the bull

Context: Endless endurance without reward is foolish — know when to act

Meaning: The shy man in widow marriage begets no children

Context: Hesitation brings no results — courage completes duty

Meaning: Neither women nor pots should be underestimated

Context: Both can break or cause harm — handle with respect

Meaning: Women shouldn't be belittled

Context: Underestimating women brings regret — respect all

Meaning: Women are wooed by lies and kept by truth

Context: Flattery may attract, but honesty sustains love