What does fools make feast and wise men eat them mean?

Answer 1

it seems to be about Frugality and not wasting money, holding a feast is a waste of money and resources and too many could cause even a rich man to lose his fortune. if you hold a feast you're a fool, it's not worth it, but a wise man will attend the feast and eat for free, let the fool pick up the tab. it's contained on a list of frugality tips by Benjamin Franklin. basically don't squander you wealth on unnessecary things

"The second section of the Way to Wealth imparts the importance of frugality. It isn't enough just to earn money, you have to be smart about what you do with it. In this collection of sayings Franklin describes how a lack of frugality will cause financial ruin and describes The Temptations that lead people to spend foolishly.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship

Buy what thou hast no need of, and before long thou shalt sell thy necessaries

A fat kitchen makes a lean will

Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.

Think of saving as well as of getting: the Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes

Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small, and the wants great.

What maintains one vice, would bring up two children

Who dainties love, shall beggars prove

Fools make Feasts, and wise men eat them

Buy what thou hast no need of, and before long thou shalt sell thy necessaries "

Answer 2

fools are people who do all the work and wise men are people are there watching the fools do all the work.