“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare As You Like It
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Source: As You Like It (1599–1600)
“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”
— Dogen
Source: How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
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