"Thus it is with proud silly people, who think themselves above everyone else, and are too proud to ask or take advice."
— Brothers Grimm
Thus It Is With Proud Silly
Thus it is with proud silly people, who think themselves above everyone else, and are too proud to ask or take advice.
About this quote
This moralising passage appears in one of the didactic tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812–1857). While the brothers are best known for their magical stories, the collection also includes many tales with explicit moral lessons about pride, stubbornness, and the consequences of refusing counsel. The Grimms drew on peasant oral tradition, believing such stories encoded centuries of practical wisdom about social conduct.
Source
Grimm's Fairy Tales