“5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734Related quotes
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Better Way.
Song lyrics, Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Source: As You Like It (1599–1600)
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Misattributed
“A wise man travels to discover himself.”
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Count Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i.
Books
“A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness full of fools.”
The Crown of Wild Olive, lecture III: War, section 114 (1866).
“Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.”
Source: Post Office (1971)