Sometimes it proves
the highest understanding
not to understand.
(Gracián: The Art of Worldly Wisdom.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Gracián, «Many would be wise…»
Many would be wise
if they did not think
themselves wise.
(Gracián: The Art of Worldly Wisdom.)
O. W. Holmes, «A moment’s insight…»
A moment’s insight is sometimes
worth a life’s experience.
(O. W. Holmes: The Professor at the Breakfast Table.)
Robert Burton, «Wit without employment…»
Wit without employment is a disease.
(Robert Burton:Anatomy of Melancholy.)
Blake, «If others…»
If others had not been foolish,
we should be so.
(Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.)
Shakespeare, «The dulness…»
The dulness of the fool
is the whetstone of the wits.
(Shakespeare: As You Like It.)
La Bruyère, «If proverty…»
If poverty is the mother of crime,
stupidity is its father.
(La Bruyère: Of Mankind.)
Ben Johnson, «No precepts…»
No precepts will profit a fool.
(Ben Jonson: Timber; or Discoveries.)
John Gay, «Who knows a fool…»
Who knows a fool must know his brother;
One fop will recommend another.
(John Gay: Fables.)
Benjamin Franklin, «Most fools…»
Most fools think they are only ignorant.
(Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard’s Almanack.)