“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
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Source: The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Preface. Formula fidei de ss. Trinitate. Nightly prayer. Notes on the book of common prayer; Hooker; Field; Donne; Henry More; Heinrichs; Hacket; Jeremy Taylor; The pilgrim's progress; John Smith. Letter to a godchild
“A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.”
“Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”
“A fool and his money are soon married.”
Source: The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady
“A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.”
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.”
“A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.”
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”