A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
The truthful man is usually a liar.
One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.
No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.
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.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.
Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.