Penny wise, pound foolish.

These funding gaps are penny wise and pound foolish.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

And, as I have argued elsewhere, governments have long been penny wise and pound foolish to provide large denomination notes, given that a large share are used in the underground economy and to finance illegal activities. Moving to a twenty first century currency system would make it far simpler to move to a twenty first century central banking regime as well.

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Penny! Penny!

The exciting Dr. tuttle, and Penny. Penny?

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Wise men lay up knowledge but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Wise men lay up knowledge but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Every wise woman buildeth her house but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Every wise woman buildeth her house but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

I've seen Penny before. Oh, Penny again.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise but a foolish man swallows it up.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise but a foolish man swallows it up.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

The pound. The pound, that's it. I'll call the pound.

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish

Penny.

The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'