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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

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish. — John Ray

The wise man is glad to be instructed, but a self-sufficient fool falls flat on his face. — Anonymous

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. — Sholem Aleichem

He who plays the fool at pleasure can be wise if he will. — Publilius Syrus

Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death. — Jacoby Shaddix

How wise are they that are but fools in love! — Josh Cooke

For if by chance some woman wishes to be thought of as wise, she does nothing but show herself twice a fool. — Erasmus

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies. — John Dryden

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. — Benjamin Franklin

Let the fools hold on to their treasured stupidity
Let yourself be safe in wisdom with much rapidity — Munia Khan

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. — Michael Reed

Only a fool will accept a gift you cannot keep. You can't keep anything from the world but salvation is wise and everlasting. John 3:16 — Felix Wantang

Kent. Who's there?
Fool. Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a wise man and a fool. — William Shakespeare

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. — Anonymous

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen

Don't confess to being a fool or a wise man; let others decide for you — Nancy B. Brewer

A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity. — Confucius

The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes. — Joe Abercrombie

Publicity is just a foolish act done by wise people confidently, to fool the world. — Pratik Akkawar

I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

A wise man can be a fool in love. — Chetan Bhagat

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. — Otto Von Bismarck

A wise man rules his passions, fool obeys them. — Publilius Syrus

The wise man sees the fool & laughs & the fool never knows why — Jovie Sumner

Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. — George Eliot

True wisdom knows it must comprise some nonsense as a compromise, lest fools should fail to find it wise. — Piet Pieterszoon Hein

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. — Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton

A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee. — Joseph Conrad

A man can be old and a fool
many are
a man can be young and wise
few are — Charles Bukowski

Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks. — Criss Jami

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect. — William Blake

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. — Louis L'Amour

Rather know nothing than half-know many things! Rather be a fool on one's own account than a wise man in the opinion of others! — Friedrich Nietzsche

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. — Neil Gaiman

Wise men change, fools stay the same. — Kevin Gates

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue. — Saint Francis De Sales

An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair) — Idries Shah

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire — Ambrose Bierce

The wise does at once what the fool does at last. — Baltasar Gracian

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool. — Gautama Buddha

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. — C.S. Lewis

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise. — Francis Bacon

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. — Francois Rabelais

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell. — Thomas Fuller

Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement. — Jennifer Melzer

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. — Doris Lessing

The wise teach, the righteous learn from them; the foolish disregard any knowledge handed to them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What a wise man does with one dollar is greater than what a fool does with ten thousand. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. — William Shakespeare

Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Any fool can get into a fight, but a wise man knows how to stay out of them. — Ken Follett

The wise men were all fools, what to do? — Bruce Springsteen

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. — Anonymous

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool. — Gautama Buddha

Wise is the fool who becomes a master at laughter. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The wise man molds himself - the fool lives only to die. — Frank Herbert

A wise man sees failure as progress.
A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic,
And loses his soul in the process. — Canibus

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool. — Gautama Buddha

The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. — William Blake

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — Thomas Fuller

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy. — Owen Feltham

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The fool wanders, a wise man travels. — Thomas Fuller

Fools do not acknowledge God,
the proud reject Him,
the wise embrace Him,
and the righteous worship Him. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A fool always finds something to complain about, and a wise person always finds something to appreciate. — Debasish Mridha

What the wise acquire easily fools only acquire miraculously. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Who are a little wise the best fools be. — John Donne

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius

A fool will seek revenge, the wise man will allow God's karma. — Keshia Chante

the wise man needs nothing and yet he can make good use of anything, whereas the fool 'needs' countless things but can make good use of none of them. — Donald J. Robertson

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. — William Blake

The wise are in the light,
moving forward;
the foolish are in the dark,
moving backwards. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — Plato

The wise see in the dark;
the foolish are blind, even in light. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise. — Rumi

But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool of you that you will know yourself for one, and so begin to be wise! — George MacDonald

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. — Samuel Johnson

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed. — Gautama Buddha

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue. — Ivan Panin

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. — Norman Douglas

A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction. — Benjamin Whichcote

The wise needn't ask, the fool asks in vain. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow. — Bob Saget

The difference between a wise man and a fool is a wise man learns his lessons from other people's mistakes and a fool only learns from his own. — Duane "Dog" Chapman

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell. Thomas Fuller — Jessica Shirvington

And a Fool is supposed to be wise? — Robin Hobb

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk. — Philip Sidney

Let him become a fool, that he may become wise. — Anonymous