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> [Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon/answer-a-fool-according-to-his-folly-lest-he-be-wise-in-his-own-eyes/)

[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon/)

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> [“Answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit. Answer not a fool according to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/answer-a-fool-according-to-his-folly-lest-he-be-wise-in-his-own/)

[Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/)

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> [“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." ( Proverbs 26:4 )”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holy-bible/answer-not-a-fool-according-to-his-folly-lest-thou-also-be-like-unto/)

[Holy Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holy-bible/)

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> [“Where in the Bible are we told in one verse not to do a thing and in the next to do it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-grant-oliphant/where-in-the-bible-are-we-told-in-one-verse-not-to-do-a-thing-and-in/)

[Samuel Grant Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-grant-oliphant/)

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> [You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanliness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/you-sometimes-have-to-answer-a-woman-according-to-her-womanliness/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon/answer-not-a-fool-according-to-his-folly-lest-thou-also-be-like-unto-2/)

[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon/)

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