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“Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.”
“Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.”
“It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.”
“Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.”
“The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.”
“Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.”
“The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.”
“Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.”
“Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.”
“Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.”
“A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.”
“Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.”
“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
“The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .”
“A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.”
“A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness full of fools.”
“The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.”
“Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.”
“A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.”
“Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.”
“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.”
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
“Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.”