“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)
“253. A foole knowes more in his house then a wise man in another's.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633Related quotes
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