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“He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Of Garrulity.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 868e74757c64ad5cb7538b2bb5a3e6c2bfabc44fe6a12e5fc87824fcc1049ad1
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
Miguel de Cervantes
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publius Syrus
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”
Unattributed
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“A fool must now and then be right by chance.”
William Cowper
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“No creature smarts so little as a fool.”
Alexander Pope
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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