Bible in Basic English
"Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself."
— Proverbs 26:5, Bible in Basic English
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.