Quote#Wisdom
How the learned fool would wonder
Quote byJames Clerk Maxwell · 1831–1879
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell (1882), Part III Poems, "A Vision Of a Wrangler, of a University, of Pedantry, and of Philosophy. " (November 10, 1852).
English (original)
How the learned fool would wonder Were he now to see his blunder, When he put his reason under The control of worldly Pride.
— James Clerk Maxwell
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