There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself…

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

— Edward Young

“At thirty a man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his…

— Edward Young

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.

— John Ray

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wise are not so much wiser than others as respecters of their own wisdom.

— Henry David Thoreau

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

— Philippe Quinault

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

— Philippe Quinault

“The greater fool is actually an economic term. It’s a patsy. For the rest of us to profit, we need a greater fool— someone…

— Aaron Sorkin

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater…

— Brigham Young

Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.

— Phyllis Bottome

“Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The greater the fool the better the dancer.

— Theodore Hook

“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly to pay…

— Michael Pollan

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

— Anonymous

He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.

— William Wycherley