No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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.
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.