Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variant: The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Variant: The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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“Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?”
Bertrand Russell The Problems of Philosophy
Source: 1910s, The Problems of Philosophy (1912)
Francois Rabelais book Gargantua and Pantagruel
En toutes compagnies il y a plus de folz que de sages, et la plus grande partie surmonte tousjours la meilleure. <br class="br"> Chapter 10 http://books.google.com/books?id=wfRKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22En+toutes+compagnies+il+y+a+plus+de+folz+que+de+sages+et+la+plus+grande+partie+surmonte+tousjours+la+meilleure%22&pg=PA285#v=onepage. <br class="br">Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Pantagruel (1532)
“What a world. It could be so wonderful if it wasn't for certain people.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Radio Days (1987).
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
19 November 1745
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
““Why are you always so full of answers?”
“Because life’s so full of questions.””
Ursula K. Le Guin book The Eye of the Heron
Source: The Eye of the Heron (1978), Chapter 2 (p. 26)
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, both of their futures so full of dread.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Infidels (1983), Jokerman