Foolishness

Foolishness is occupying oneself with the superfluous and accompanying the ignorant. اَلْحُمْقُ اَلاِسْتِهْتارُ بِالفُضُولِ، ومُصاحَبَةُ الْجَهُولِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is an ailment which cannot be remedied and a sickness that cannot be cured. اَلْحُمْقُ داءٌ لا يُداوى، ومَرَضٌ لا يَبْرَءُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The worst indigence is foolishness. أفْقَرُ الفَقْرِ الْحُمْقُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The most harmful thing is foolishness. أضَرُّ شَيْء الحُمْقُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The height of foolishness is being beguiled [by the pleasures of this world]. أحْمَقُ الْحُمْقِ الاِغْتِرارُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The greatest foolishness is exaggeration in praise and censure. أكْبَرُ الْحُمْقِ اَلإغْراقُ فِي المَدْحِ والذَّمِّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The greatest foolishness is being conceited in [the state of] poverty. أعْظَمُ الْحَماقَةِ اَلاِخْتِيالُ فِي الفاقَةِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is a disgrace. اَلْحُمْقُ شَيْنٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is the most harmful companion. الْحُمْقُ أضَرُّ الأصْحابِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is the worst ailment. اَلْحُمْقُ أدْوَأُ الدّاءِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness leads to superfluity. اَلْحُمْقُ يُوجِبُ الفُضُولَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is from the fruits of ignorance. اَلْحُمْقُ مِنْ ثِمارِ الْجَهْلِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness makes one a stranger in his own hometown. اَلْحُمْقُ فِي الوَطَنِ غُرْبَةٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم How bad an ailment foolishness is! بِئْسَ الدّاءُ الْحُمْقُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The poverty of foolishness is not alleviated by [material] wealth. فَقْرُ الْحُمْقِ لايُغْنيهِ الْمالُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Being conceited in poverty is the height of foolishness. مِنْ كَمالِ الْحَماقَةِ الاِخْتِيالُ فيِ الفاقَةِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Establishing brotherhood with the vicious is from the greatest [acts of] foolishness. مِنْ أعْظَمِ الْحُمْقِ مُواخاةُ الفُجّارِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness. مِنَ الْحُمْقِ الدالَّةُ عَلَى السُّلْطانِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم From the signs of foolishness are: being audacious without any means and boasting without... مِنْ دَلائِلِ الْحُمْقِ دالَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ آلَة، وصَلَفٌ بِغَيْرِ شَرَف۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم With foolishness, what is sought is not achieved. لايُدْرَكُ مَعَ الْحُمْقِ مَطْلَبٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم There is no ailment worse than foolishness. لاداءَ أدْوَأُ مِنَ الْحُمْقِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم There is no poverty more severe than foolishness. لافاقَةَ أشَدُّ مِنَ الْحُمْْقِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Foolishness is wretchedness. اَلْحُمْقُ شَقاءٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم