Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

I'm not like a high intellectual.

I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.

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

I'm afraid you've thought me a bigger fool than I am.

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

Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.

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

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

If being smart is what you say it is, I will remain a fool my entire life.

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

I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.

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.

People think I'm smarter than I am.

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.

I'm confident that I'm as intelligent as many people, but I know that I'm not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I'm a shrinking violet because I don't want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.