Despicable Quote by William Hazlitt

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

— Francis Bacon

The wisest among us is a fool in some things.

— Samuel Richardson

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.

— Sydney J. Harris

Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men.

— Lajos Kossuth

The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for…

— Carl Jung

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

— Mary Russell Mitford

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have…

— Iain Banks

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

— Mohlatsane Qelemotse

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.

— Shadawcatt