A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
African Proverb
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Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Wise people understand the need to consult experts; only fools are confident they know everything.
KEN POIROT Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR A wise man understands, an intelligent man knows, but a fool pretends to know.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Each of us knows it all, and knows he knows it all—the rest, to a man, are fools and eluded. One m...
MARK TWAIN A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
JEFF COOPER Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools
PROVERB A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
THOMAS FULLER Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB Only fools befriend ignorance, and they pay the price. Only the wise befriend wisdom, and they reap ...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
LAO TZU Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all...
SUZY KASSEM A wise man knows to say he does not know but a fool claims to know until it is apparent by all that ...
KEVIN I.E2 GBOBOH Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they...
SOCRATES A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”
- Chinese pr...
ALVIN TOFFLER A wise man never dwells in the past because he knows he belongs to the future.
DEBASISH MRIDHA The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man ...
FRANK M. GARAFOLA Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fool...
CATO THE ELDER A man may know everything, but he will never understand it all.
J.J. BOWLERS The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR) Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is neve...
FRANK HERBERT It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is neve...
FRANK HERBERT The only difference between a man and god is that man knows nothing but pretends as if he knows ever...
ANURAAG Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR) A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause
people from a distance can't tell who is who.
OLASOT The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
ANATOLE FRANCE Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
PROVERB A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f...
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immor...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A man who says that he knows everything, does not know how to be meek.
BRANDITTES CHUA Wise men and fools cannot exist without the other. If there are no wise men, there are no fools, and...
SIDDHARTH KONKIMALLA For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is ...
PLATO It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
BIBLE I am the wisest man alive, for I know I consciously know nothing at all. I am the smartest man alive...
AKELILE BERHANU No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatan...
ANTON CHEKHOV Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know -- the less a man knows, the mor...
JOYCE CARY Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not...
CONFUCIUS Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that h...
SUZY KASSEM A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.
MOHITH AGADI Hold a true friend with both hands
AFRICAN PROVERB This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more usef...
MENANDER ATHENS A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able...
THOMAS HOBBES It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, th...
JOYCE CARY The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
WILLIAM RALPH INGE Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certain...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI What a wise man knows is great,
what a fool knows is little,
and what God knows is infini...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS ANACHARSIS Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS T. CICERO Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance.
ANONYMOUS A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
SPANISH PROVERB Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIAN Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish
QUINTILIAN The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
SITTING BULL The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it
SITTING BULL The man who listens only to his own voice knows little but is never wrong.
E.R. ROCK A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
TURKISH PROVERB A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.
HELEN ROWLAND Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas...
ANUJ SOMANY There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re...
ANUJ SOMANY The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is.
VIKRANT PARSAI There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN (ALBINUS) The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC DISRAELI Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
GEORGE SANTAYANA Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them
SAMUEL PALMER Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight
SCOTTISH PROVERB Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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