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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

Qui stultis videri eruditi volunt stulti eruditis videntur.

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Book X, Chapter VII, 21 | See also: An X among Ys, a Y among Xs

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In Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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