“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare As You Like It
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Source: As You Like It (1599–1600)
“He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”
The quote "He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Kno…" is famous quote by Confucius (-551–-479 BC), Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher.
Source: The Analects
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
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“A fool boasts about what little he knows. A wise man keeps quiet about what he knows and is safe.”
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Witter Bynner (1881–1968) American author
The Way of Life, According to Laotzu, 1944.
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Source: De potentia (c. 1265–1266) q. 7, art. 5, ad 14
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Book 4; Universal Love I
Mozi
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
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Washington Gladden (1836–1918) American pastor
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 17.