“Man's knowledge, save before his fellow man,
Is ignorance—his widest wisdom folly.”
The Coming of Love and Other Poems (1897)
Source: "Prophetic Pictures at Venice VII: New Year's Morning, 1867", p. 207.
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Theodore Watts-Dunton4
English literary critic and poet 1832–1914Related quotes
“His folly has not fellow
Beneath the blue of day
That gives to man or woman
His heart and soul away.”
A.E. Housman book A Shropshire Lad
No. 14, st. 3.
A Shropshire Lad (1896)
William Law (1686–1761) English cleric, nonjuror and theological writer
The Power of the Spirit (1898), edited by Andrew Murray, further edited by Dave Hunt (1971) Ch. 6 : The Church : A Habitation of the Spirit.
“Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author
Source: Carlos Castaneda (1971) Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan. p. 85; As cited in: Eugene Dupuis (2001) Time Shift: Managing Time to Create a Life You Love. Ch. 5: Self Management
“The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.”
Max Heindel book The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (1909) Introduction
“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek
Variant: Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.
Source: Zorba the Greek
“When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.”
David Eddings (1931–2009) American novelist
