“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, a person wise in his own conceit; and a still greater evil is to charge with the instruction of others a person who is not even aware of his own ignorance.”
Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th c. — IN DEFENSE OF HIS FLIGHT, ORATION 2:50
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12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
— Proverbs 26:12 —
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.