“A wise man never knows all. A fool knows everything.”
African Proverb
I do love ths proverb that Spidey, dear Spidey, managed to fish out of his collection this week.
It’s another take on last week’s entry, about never being too old to learn new things, really.
We are never at an age where we know it all, though I am sure we all know a Mr or Mrs Know-It-All!
And you are guaranteed to think that person a bit of a fool. I bet when that person starts spouting off about all they know, there is eye rolling going on around them too.
It is so important to realise that one individual really can’t know EVERYTHING.
Sure, age brings with it experience, and the wisdom to guide others through certain situations. But even as adults, we are still learning, or should be willing to admit that there will always be plenty that we don’t know how to navigate.
And with that realisation, should come that knowledge that it isn’t weakness to ask for assistance. In fact it is the wise man who will ask for help, not the fool, because, of course, the fool knows it all!
So… tell me, do you know any fools?
But I Smile Anyway... 
Dec 11, 2019 @ 16:08:26
I knew a wise colleague who used to say ‘the worst fool is the one who doesn’t know he’s a fool’, unfortunately, that happens to most fools🤔they think they’re so clever😬
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Dec 11, 2019 @ 17:55:08
So true!
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Dec 11, 2019 @ 15:00:58
That’s the perfect quote for me from Mr.Spidey
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Dec 11, 2019 @ 17:54:13
Agrway quote!
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Dec 10, 2019 @ 01:21:53
Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Dec 09, 2019 @ 13:07:41
Wise words, Ritu!
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Dec 09, 2019 @ 17:01:52
Thanks Jennie! ❤
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Dec 10, 2019 @ 11:54:40
You’re welcome, Ritu! 😍
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 21:21:16
Having been a teacher of teens for several years, I did, indeed, meet fools. Sometimes, it was the students, but, at times, it was the other teacher, the older friend, or even the parent (grand parent) who held that title and made things difficult.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 21:22:41
Oh I hear you on that one… Not just reserved for the parents of teens either…
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:18:25
Great topic, Ritu 😀
I have thought, at least since I was educated as a teacher, that there are always possibility to learn something new every day, if we are open for it.
Now I’m thinking, that there are so much, that I don’t know and that makes me happy, because I will never run out of possibilities to learn new.
Wish you a relaxed evening.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:23:55
And to learn something new is priceless 🥰 thank you Irene! Hope you gave a great evening too!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:38:48
Thank you, Ritu.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 18:15:17
Very motivating Sis! Thank you so much, for this great proverb. Hope you all are well, and enjoy a little bit of silence too. Best wishes, Michael
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:22:54
Silence is a never in my life Bro, lol! But all good here. hope you’re well 🥰
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 20:31:45
Thank you Sis! I am well. Try to get some silence. Best wishes, Michael
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 18:14:46
Long time no read. Hope everything is well with you.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:22:00
Crawling to the Christmas holidays here! How are you, Pranab?
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:24:28
Thanks Ritu.
Doing OK, waiting to spend couple of weeks of “housefull” 😊 when kids are back home for Xmas /winter holidays.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:31:13
Fun times 🥰
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:33:45
Fun fight time😊
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 17:35:28
It never hurts to ask for assistance/help. If we knew it all there would be nothing left to learn and that would be rather boring. Happy Sunday Sister 💜
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 19:21:17
It would Brother. Doesn’t stop certain people though, still thinking they know it all! 💜
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 21:27:47
I know, Sister!! I with a few of them 🤓💜
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 21:28:06
🤣
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 16:30:33
A wonderful proverb, Ritu. The older I get, the more I realize that I hardly know a thing! Lol.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 16:44:39
I know, I realize that too!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 15:51:07
I know a few but I’m not naming names. Love that quote. xo
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 15:51:53
He he! No… I don’t want anyone being sued for defamation!!
Its a great quote, isn’t it 🥰
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 15:28:35
Each day that passes I learn how little I actually know. Lovely post sis 💜💜
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 15:51:14
Thank sis! Each day we learn a little more xx
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 16:48:47
We certainly do 💜
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 13:39:28
I’m a recovering know it all because I once thought I had all the answers, or at least could get them quickly. I realized, as you say, no one knows or possible can know all things. We’re just not put together that way. We must be humble and honest enough to be able to say “I don’t know” perhaps more than than we claim to know.
I once was a know it all… now I’m in recovery. 🙂
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 13:52:34
Love that you recognised it!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 13:10:56
Sadly, there are too many fools on the road…As an observant passenger, I am amazed how many drivers don’t indicate whether they are turning left or right. In other respects, although I am an octogenarian…and occasionally forget place names etc., it’s incredible what I am still able to learn. And let’s face it, the more you know, the more you realise you don’t know! It’s a life-time’s quest…Bring it on!. Hugs x
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 13:15:53
It really is Joy. We are never at the end of the learning game!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 11:44:15
Reblogged this on Vijayagiri views.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 10:35:37
It gives so much room not to think I know everything because otherwise, I am limited to what I already know. Life is so much more exciting being open to all the new things we can discover. But still, I think we all carry both sides inside. That’s why we are often running towards one direction believing it is the only one until we stop (or are stopped) and look around. Good thought to ponder about, sis!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 10:45:38
We can be an expert at some things, but definitely need to remember we have areas we have no clue about. An opinion, maybe, but not necessarily knowledge!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 10:56:19
We can never be sure to know it all. Life is developing, science is progressing. Even experts are never done with gaining knowledge. But having the wish to know more is a life-long hunger … for those who are open to it. As Einstein said: “The more I know, the more I know I don’t know.”
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 11:07:49
So true sis 🥰
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 11:24:49
Have a wonderful Sunday, dear Sis 😘💖
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 11:28:29
You too Sis 🥰
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 15:17:27
Thank you 💖
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 08:31:45
A very interesting quote and post, Ritu. I sometimes feel that I am surrounded by fools but that is the way of the corporate world globally. Everyone needs to “add value”.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 09:18:10
Very true! I think we all would know a few!!!
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 06:31:34
I do know the odd fool, but we’re not close.
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Dec 08, 2019 @ 09:17:42
Don’t we all!!!
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