Thomas Dewar Quotes

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.

When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn.

No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.

The longer I'm alive, the more I realize how little I know. Pretending that you know everything about every topic, and being very vocal about it? That's an instant turnoff.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

The losers in life think they have all the answers. They can’t learn because they’re too busy telling everyone what they know.

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

There is but a slight difference between the man who may be said to know nothing and him who thinks he knows everything.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

You can't say when you are 25 years old that you know everything. You don't.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.

If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.

We know less when we erroneously think we know than when we recognize that we don't.

Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.

Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.