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Touchstone in As You Like It says that it is an old saying, "'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." The meaning is that everyone is pretty foolish, and only someone who is extremely foolish thinks otherwise. A similar saying is attributed to the philosopher Socrates.

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