Solomon Ibn Gabirol Quotes

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

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

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.

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

When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

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.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.

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

Wiser, never wise. Smarter, never smart.

A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool.

Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest and severe in your self-appraisal. Learn the art of learning, and you are well on the way to achievement. True greatness is reflective, not assertive.

The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.

Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.