“5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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Thomas Fuller (writer)420
British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734Related quotes
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Ben Harper (1969) singer-songwriter and musician
Better Way.
Song lyrics, Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
“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
“A wise man travels to discover himself.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
“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.
Books
“A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness full of fools.”
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
The Crown of Wild Olive, lecture III: War, section 114 (1866).
“Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.”
Charles Bukowski book Post Office
Source: Post Office (1971)