I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker trusts fools greatly, which friends interpret as excessive self-confidence.
- In plain terms
- He says he trusts fools, but friends say it is just him being too confident.
- What can you take from it?
- Faith in others can look like arrogance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is confidence always bad?
- Who defines a fool?
Another view
It frames self-trust as folly without evidence.
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