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The "Fools seldom differ" part is found in British English only.

used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion

Chinese:
Mandarin: 英雄所見略同 (zh), 英雄所见略同 (zh) ‎(yīngxióng suǒjiàn lüètóng)
Dutch: grote geesten denken gelijk
Finnish: sitä minä kin juuri ajattelin
French: les grands esprits se rencontrent (fr)
German: zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke
Greek: τα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται ‎(ta megála pnévmata synantóntai)
Irish: tuigeann fáidh fáidh eile
Japanese: 賢人は皆同じように考えるものだ ‎(けんじんはみんなおなじようにかんがえるものだ, kenjin wa minna onaji yō ni kangaeru mono da)
Korean: 역지즉개연 ‎(易地則皆然, yeok-ji-jeuk-gae-yeon) (易地則皆然), 역지사지 (ko) ‎(yeok-ji-sa-ji) (易地思之)

Norwegian: store hoder tenker likt
Portuguese: grandes mentes pensam igual, grandes mentes pensam da mesma forma
Russian: у дурако́в мы́сли схо́дятся ‎(u durakóv mýsli sxódjatsja) (fools' thoughts converge)
Scottish Gaelic: tha inntinnean móra a' co-smaoineachadh
Spanish: grandes mentes piensan igual
Turkish: aklın yolu bir
Hebrew: מוחות גדולים חושבים בצורה דומה
Welsh: tebyg meddwl pob doeth, unfarn pob doeth

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 125.