“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
Plutarch's Life of Cato
Variant: Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
Frequently misattributed to Marilyn Monroe or Kurt Cobain.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=xUtdDnEhkMMC&pg=PT12&lpg=PT12#v=onepage&q&f=false
Source: Autumn Leaves, Philosophical eLibrary, 2012, (Feuillets d'automne, 1941, trans. Jeanine Parisier Plottel)
“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.”
J'ai toujours vu que, pour réussir dans le monde, il fallait avoir l'air fou et être sage.
Pensées Diverses
Concurring, Dennis v. United States, 339 U.S. 162, 184 (1950).
Judicial opinions
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
As quoted in Heads and Tales (1936) by Malvina Hoffman, p. 47
1900s-1940s
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
Variant: simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".
Source: The Alchemist
