“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)
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Count Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i.
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