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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

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The line comes at the end of the play, where Touchstone the clown is made to acknowledge his own absurdity. It is the final statement of the play's argument that neither the courtier nor the rustic manages to reach the wisdom he thinks he has.

Source: As You Like It, Act V Scene I

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