Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.
A fool is wise in his eyes.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
Your wit makes others witty.