Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public.
Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extension: which is why in this respect one man can confidently take on ten thousand, and a thousand fools do not make one wise man.
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools; for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
