Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man

Main Ideas

• Critique of the bureaucratic system and officialdom, their hypocrisy and corruption.
• Contrast between true wisdom and pretentious cleverness.
• Depiction of social and moral vices of society.
• Theme of human foolishness and narrow-mindedness, despite outward education and intelligence.
• The idea that simplicity and sincerity often prove more valuable than cunning and deceit.