“The wisest man is he who is certain he is not.”
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) French poet and critic
Le plus sage est celui qui ne pense point l'être.
Satire 4
Satires (1716)
“And he is oft the wisest man
Who is not wise at all.”
The Oak and the Broom.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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