The first degree of folly is to conceit one's self wise the second to profess it the third to despise counsel. (Benjamin Franklin)

The first degree of folly is to conceit one's self wise the second to profess it the third to despise counsel.

Benjamin Franklin

Related topics

conceit counsel degree folly second self third wise

Related quotes

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. View quote
Nicolas Chamfort
My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. View quote
Evelyn Waugh
If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime. View quote
James Frazer
First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people. View quote
André Weil
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. View quote
William Blake