Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Bacchæ l. 480
Variant translation: To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
Variant translation: He were a fool, methinks, who would utter wisdom to a fool. (translated by Edward Philip Coleridge)
Variant translation: Wise words being brought to blinded eyes will seem as things of nought. ( translated by Gilbert Murray http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8418/8418-h/8418-h.htm)
Forrás: The Bacchae
„A bolond úgy gondolja, hogy bölcs, de a bölcs ember tudja, hogy bolond.”
„A bölcs ember többet tanulhat egy bolond kérdésből, mint egy bolond a bölcs válaszból.”
