A Quote by William Shakespeare
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself 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.
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.
There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.
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.
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.
The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.
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.
The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.
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 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.
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