What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end

What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

The Wise do at once what the Fool does at last. Both do the same thing; the only difference lies in the time they do it: the one at the right time, the other at the wrong. Who starts out with his mind topsyturvy will so continue till the end. He catches by the foot what he ought to knock on the head, he turns right into left, and in all his acts is but a child. There is only one way to get him in the right way, and that is to force him to do what he might have done of his own accord. The wise man, on the other hand, sees at once what must be done sooner

as happens in Wall Street all too often, what the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

There are foolish people who recognize their foolishness and use it skillfully.

A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

The fool doth think he is wise, yet it is the wise man that knows himself to be the fool As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 1

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise

Silly people say stupid things, clever people do them.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.