What does it mean to "suffer the fools"?
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To "suffer the fools" means to be tolerant of people being idiots.  I have to suffer fools all day at school, so I know this term well.
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It's from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and it means vengeance of the Lord.\n\nUp until the 1800's "terrible" used to mean "causing terror", so the "terrible swift sword" meant the troops would rain down on the enemy and strike terror in their hearts as if the Lord himself were brandishing a mighty sword.
756286
This is a pretty straightfoward interpretation.\n\nIf you are angry with anyone else, then God will judge you for it (presumably during your life or afterwards).\n\nIf someone should say that anger means that you will answer to God and someone calls that person a fool, then they will be in danger of God's judgement.\n\nBasically, don't be angry at another or you will be judged.  Anyone who denies this will also be judged.
979776
It could be just a random insult with no implications, but if there is an implication, it would be that of a lazy, useless, self-centered person who lives off of others, exploiting their patience, love and what not; using them, in a word. Think fleas on a cat/dog: they just suck the animals' blood and live like that, not contributing anything to the animal, only feeding on them and irritarting them.
816142
I think ^ means someone is going to get violated. But it was funny, some people just have no sense of humor. Libs are calling us cry babies, sore losers etc, but when you try to make yourself feel better with a bit of humor they don't like that either. Libs need to grow up!
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"having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people"\n\nIt means avoid and exclude people who aren't morally superior like you.\n\nKind of inflates ones head, huh?
297754
A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid.
905439
You are probably referring to asinine which means stupid or foolish.
219756
Proverbs 19:29\nJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.\n\nPsalm 1:1-2\n 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.\n 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Those who bully the weak are cowards before the strong.\n\nThe man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.\n\nIf you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. \n\nTo talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.\n\nA clever person turns great problems into little ones and little ones into none at all.\n\nHere is a Yiddish one too: \n"Ten enemies cannot do a man the harm that he does to himself."
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To me the saying is about empathy. If you were to percive suffering from anothers perspective, you would be discouraged from making that person suffer.\nBut then does that mean that we are all selfish creatures, only not doing bad for fear that we might one day be on the recieving end? I don't think so; I genuiely think we are onditioned aginst causing others pain. Of course there are exceptions to this.\nThe biggest problem facing the idea today is the fact that we are encouraged to divide into "them" and "us". People who do not share the same country/race/religion as us are portrayed as less human and therfore less deserving of this empathy. With these people we are encouraged not to care about their well being.\n\nPerhaps the phrase should be "Treat ALL others.."\n\nSorry I couldnt think of an example ;)
857046
fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me!  and um fool me THREE times and i'm a damn fool. don't give this jerk another chance to break your heart
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"Love is a losing game\nLove can be a shame\nI know, Im a fool you see\nFor that fool is me"\n\nSome of us are lovers, some fighters! And some just plain fools! It's just the way we are built i'm afraid!
336209
Other way round. People who fall in love get to be called as fools!
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Its a term losers say when someone shows them up and the don't have the skills to retort.
757276
Oh it means laughing out loud, lol, I did the same thing and asked loads of mean people on the web what it meant and got loads of abuse, it baffled my head for ages,
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I don't understand why Topher used quotation marks over the word  "tolerates."  It almost implies sarcasm.  I feel that they say they tolerate, then quietly go back into their "houses of the Lord" and laugh all the way to heaven, thinking they know the "true" path.