Il y a des gens niais qui se connaissent et qui emploient habilement leur niaiserie.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Some foolish people know they are foolish and use it to their advantage.
- In plain terms
- Silly people can be smart enough to use their stupidity as a tool.
- What can you take from it?
- Appearances of incompetence can be strategic.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who plays dumb around you?
- When is it safe to be incompetent?
Another view
True foolishness is rarely this calculated.
More from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Le desir de paraitre habile empeche souvent de le devenir.
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