Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.

Those who are really intelligent or wise do not mind coming across as stupid or foolish.

The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.

We sometimes unknowingly reveal that we are stupid by wondering aloud why, if they are really wise or intelligent, is someone not rich or famous.

99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it.

A huge part of culture is the painting of a particular degree or kind of foolishness as wisdom, by at least the vast majority of a particular group of fools … or mostly fools.

Some people are wise only when they are in public.

As if their not being smart were not unfortunate enough, most people think they are smart.

Pretending to be wise is way more difficult than pretending not to be a fool.