“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)
“Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.”
“Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night”, p. 264
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)
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