Wisdom & LifeProverb / MaximChiasmic Inversion16 words • 55 letters

"The fool thinks he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

Multi-word idiomatic phrase: This expression contains spaces and is not playable as a single word in Scrabble®, Words With Friends®, or Wordle.

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True intellect recognizes the vast boundaries of human ignorance.

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Chiasmus (Mirror)

Features a classic rhetorical mirror structure where word concepts cross over in inverted sequence.

Alphabet Coverage Inventory:15 / 26 letters (58%)

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William Shakespeare (As You Like It, Act V, Scene 1)

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