“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Count Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i.
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On Manmohan Singh, (4 April 2009) http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-04/india/28002745_1_obama-climate-change-wonderful-man <br class="br">2009
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Count Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i.
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“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Xenophanes, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
62 Eudæmonidas
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
“A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
“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)
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Misattributed
“No man was ever wise by chance.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist