Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.