Who said this: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

Who said this: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

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Yeah… I don’t think any of those are actually intelligent enough to have come up with anything near that deep.

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I think it was Bill something. Shattner*? Clinton? Gates?

Actually, maybe it was The Rock, or someone who touched The Rock. Whoever it w-as, you like it.

*Edit: Typo on Shattner

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We ALL know whom we thinks may have
possibly have said such a thing… (wink)

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It was written on a package of Lunchables.

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“Shakespeare” had a way with words… Whether it first came from Roger Bacon or some other mountebank in the same business, it LOOKS like Shakespeare from this distance.

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Even Irkens knows those folks don’t any brain worms, not even one to share between the three
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That would be a fortune cookie aphorism. Probably “thought up” by a fortune cookie random generator.

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Based on Socrates.

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Specifically, Touchstone the jester in Shakespeare’s “As you Like It.”

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The fool thinks the monster is Frankenstein.

The smart man knows the monster is not Frankenstein.

The wise man knows that the monster is Frankenstein.

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Pretty sure that quote is about those people, not by them, FYI, Kanye West should have been on that list. Well actually a lot of people should have been on that list.

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That sounded like Shakespeare to me, and sure enough…

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Never heard of 2 out of 3 of them but my guess is they all think they are wise.

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