foolish wisdom Quotes

When ignorance is bliss, / Tis folly to be wise.

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

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

The jester is brother to the sage.

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

There is no fool like an educated fool.

I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like a Shakespearean fool.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

Some of the best people i know are fools', Evanelle said. 'The strongest people I know.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them with glory, the other with shame.

The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.

Fools are more healthy then the so-called wise. Thy live in the moment and they know that thy are fools, so thy are not worried about what others think about them.

Trump is like a Shakespearean 'fool': he seems crass because he speaks the truth.

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

We should never hesitate to listen to a fool about life because life is pretty foolish as far as I can tell.