“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

— Naguib Mahfouz · Wisdom quote

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. — Naguib Mahfouz quote card
Novelist · 1911 – 2006

Egyptian novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (1988), known for the Cairo Trilogy.

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