The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
The wisest of the wise may err.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.