Biography, History, Literature, Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day 2025: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”

The quote in the title is from As You Like It, and it contains a lot of wisdom, but that’s not really the quote of the day. So, April Fool! Today’s actual quote of the day comes from Charles Lamb, who was born in 1775, in London, to a middle-class lawyer’s clerk and his wife, in… Continue reading Quote of the Day 2025: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”

Biography, History, Literature, Quote of the Day

April 1, 2023: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”

The quote in the title is from As You Like It, but that’s not really the Quote of the Day. April Fool! Today’s actual quote of the day comes from Charles Lamb, who was born in 1775, in London, to a middle-class lawyer’s clerk and his wife, in a house in which he lived in an… Continue reading April 1, 2023: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”

History, Literature, Quote of the Day

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”

The quote in the title is from As You Like It, but that’s not really the Quote of the Day. April Fool! Today’s actual quote of the day comes from Charles Lamb, who was born in 1775, in London, to a middle-class lawyer’s clerk and his wife, in a house in which he lived in an… Continue reading “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”