You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.
Every person is a fool in somebody’s opinion.
Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.
If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world
The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.
The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
If your family - just because they're blood doesn't mean that they necessarily give you the best advice.
