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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
931 BC
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
The Principles of Psychology · 1890
And what is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
The Canterbury Tales · 1400
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
As You Like It · 1616
The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.
Paradise Regained · 1671
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell · 1793