Stanisław Leszczyński Quote

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.


Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (ed. 1851)


A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his...

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his...

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his...

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his...