A Quote by Margaret of Valois

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool. — © Margaret of Valois
There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.
A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.
The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb the quickness of your mind and humbly subject your opinion to the opinions of others. Be a fool for the love of God, if you wish to be wiser than Solomon: 'If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise' (I Cor. 3:18).
The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool are known to the world, but hidden from himself; the follies of the wise are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.
Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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