Determine Quote by Philip Roth

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.

— Norm MacDonald

“Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.”

— Proverbs 16:22 Bible KJV

“I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to…

— Benjamin Constant

“The poor fool hadn't realized that if all mankind shares a folly or an illusion, and likes to share it even knowing what it…

— John Dickson Carr

There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Imperfect judgments; judgments formed on half-known grounds; judgments formed by the lesser intelligence concerning a greater which it cannot comprehend—what rebellion and ruin have…

— Mrs. Alfred Gatty

... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.

— David Eddings

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.

— Homer

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

— Julian Casablancas