Dean Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Wisdom at times is found in folly.

— Horace

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

— Norm MacDonald

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

— Richard Cecil

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

— Jonathan Swift

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Foolishness pours out of an open mouth… but wisdom sneaks in through the ears…

— Gail Z. Martin

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

— Euripides

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he…

— Akhenaton

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the…

— Charles Spurgeon

'Tis folly to be wise.

— Thomas Gray

Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

— Horace