Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!”
Act II, scene 2, 1, line 232.
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Roman comic playwright -185–-159 BCRelated quotes
“How dearly, at one time, and how cheaply at another, does Genius purchase immortal fame!”
George Gilfillan
(1813–1878) Scottish writer
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
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“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”
Dogen
(1200–1253) Japanese Zen buddhist teacher
Source: How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
“253. A foole knowes more in his house then a wise man in another's.”
George Herbert
(1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.”
Dogen
(1200–1253) Japanese Zen buddhist teacher
“A fool will seek revenge, the wise man will allow God's karma.”
Keshia Chante
(1988) Canadian actor and musician
Hello Magazine (2009)
“The wise man's rule is worth much more to him than the fool's revenue.”
Pt. II, Lib. III, Ch. III.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)