“In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.”
Oscar Wilde book Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
“There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.”
Source: I Lived to Tell It All (1996, ebook 2014), Page 148.
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