A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he is wise is called a fool indeed.


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A fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
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The fool thinks he is wise and the wise thinks he is not a fool.
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Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks.
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He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool
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The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
MARCUS AURELIUS
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
ANATOLE FRANCE
He is a fool who thinks that another does not think.
VIKRANT PARSAI
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
MICHAEL REED
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
EDWARD YOUNG
Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
EDWARD YOUNG
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed
EDWARD YOUNG
Why a wise man think that he is more smarter than a Fool!
JAN JANSEN
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
LOUIS L'AMOUR
It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.
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The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.
FRANK GARBUTT
The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.
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It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
PROVERB
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
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In a fight with a fool it is a wise man who quits.
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
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Wise is the fool who becomes a master at laughter.
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He is a fool who thinks by force or skill, To turn the current of a woman's will.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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A general who thinks they are in control is a fool!
THOMAS WALLACE SCHERZER
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
CHINESE PROVERB
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
CHINESE PROVERB
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
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A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
JOHN CHURTON COLLINS
A wise man understands, an intelligent man knows, but a fool pretends to know.
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Wealth is the slave of wise man. The master of a fool.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool
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The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
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After the event, even a fool is wise
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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A fool is wise in his eyes.
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A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
PHILIP R. BREEZE
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
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Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
So true a fool is love that in your will,Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND (2)
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
WILLIAM DRUMMOND
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave
WILLIAM DRUMMOND
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
And a Fool is supposed to be wise?
ROBIN HOBB
He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
MAE WEST
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
UNKNOWN
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
WILLIAM HAZLITT
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It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
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Hunger makes wise the fool, but Over feeding makes fool the wise.
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He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
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A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is.
VIKRANT PARSAI
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ARAB PROVERB
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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A woman who acts like a fool is a fool.
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He who is born a fool is never cured
PROVERB
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
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A wise man can be a fool in love.
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A fool and the wise get along very well.
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SOURCE UNKNOWN
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution
MARCUS AURELIUS
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have ...
BAT FOR LASHES
But charity is the PURE LOVE OF CHRIST, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it ...
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Homines sunt voluntates
ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO. - THE CITY OF GOD - XIV
Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me true faith, certain hope, an...
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (THE PRAYER BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX
One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?
TOM CLANCY, 'THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN'
It was a symposium of horror and heroism, the like of which has not been known in the civilized worl...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS
Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their c...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on your way to the pertinen...
, THE ASCENT OF MAN, 1973
A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be ...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submissio...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Don't worry, the worst that could happen is we all die.
JADE CURTISS - TALES OF THE ABYSS
Jesus is very much alive and well in the twenty-first century. Jesus is revealed in the lives and wo...
NIK RIPKEN THE INSANITY OF GOD
Old Books Smell Of: A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an...
CHEMISTS OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
The person who has trust in divine justice is neither upset when treated unfairly, nor seeks his jus...
ELDER PAISIOS OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
The finest rockets ever seen: they burst instars of blue and green, or after thunder golden showers ...
SAMWISE GAMGEE LORD OF THE RINGS
I think if you had someplace to escape to once in a while , it'd help you deal with whatever you're ...
CHRIS COLFER THE LAND OF STORIES
If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die.
FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN
Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think ...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Unless it's mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it's a waste of your time. There are too many medio...
DREAMS FOR AN INSOMNIAC
"Love is watching someone die".
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
Love is not for only One Day, Every Day is Valentine Day and may be actual Valentine day is not a da...
LOVE QUOTES FOR HER
The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!!
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.
SAINT BASIL (BISHOP OF CAESAREA) ("THE GREAT")
Religions are born and may die, but superstition in immortal.
, THE AGE OF REASON BEGINS, 1950
No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the cons...
JOSEPH BRYANT (THAYENDANEGEA OF THE MOHAWK TRIBE)
What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better?
'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ' THE MOVIE
I still didn’t turn. Instead, I just listened really hard. I couldn’t tell where he was standing...
JAYMIN EVE, TRICKERY(CURSE OF THE GODS)
Through books we can time travel, play make-believe and even create our own intangible art using the...
THE MODERN BOWERBIRD: TALES OF A BOOKSHELF
Yeah, that’s what Jeffrey said too. Oh, wait … Jeffrey said something about a Sacred Abil and th...
JAYMIN EVE, TRICKERY(CURSE OF THE GODS)
This our worldly life is an activity of Nirvana itself; not the slightest distinction exists between...
HOUSTON SMITH QUOTING THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM
Mass is not proportional to volume. A girl as small as a violet. A girl who moves like a flower peta...
KIM IN-YOOK, “THE PHYSICS OF LOVE”
For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha...
THE WEEKND
I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND
Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
THE TALMUD
He who promises runs in debt.
THE TALMUD