“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Source: As You Like It (1599–1600)
“Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.”
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Act II, scene 2, 1, line 232.
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"Swift Opportunity", p. 281.
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Democritus
Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
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