That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
A fool is wise in his eyes.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.