If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A fool is wise in his eyes.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off.
It's so easy to look foolish online.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.