“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it”

“i have friends who know everything there is to know about life except how to enjoy it”

“A know-it-all is a person who knows everything except for how annoying he is.”

“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our culture is intense. For instance, decade after decade bright young men and women emerge from their universities able to say proudly: 'Of course I know nothing about German literature.' It is the mode. The Victorians knew everything about German literature, but were able with a clear conscience not to know much about the French.”

“A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.”

“And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.”