2007-08-02 12:33:22 · 4 answers · asked by shimmyshimmer 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The person who says this is referring to HIMSELF as a fool.
He is saying that his friends look at him and think he is a self-confident person; but when he looks at himself, he sees that he isn't a person of great wisdom or self-assurance--but he IS willing to give it a go, as we say. He has some kind of faith in himself that, while others call it self-confidence, is TO HIMSELF, just a simple thing. I guess in a way, he just doesn't take it all so seriously.
2007-08-02 15:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by cardtapper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he means he trusts the most outlandish ideas, especially if they are his own.
Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia
I have great faith in fools:--self-confidence my friends will call it: --
Si domain, oubliant d' eclore,
Le jour manquait, eh Lien! demain
Quelque fou trouverait encore
Un flambeau pour le genre humain.
By the way, what with the new electric light and other matters, De Beranger's idea is not so very extravagant.
2007-08-02 13:09:05 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me as if his friends are calling him a fool.
2007-08-02 15:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by gutergirl304 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're insinuating that the speaker is a fool himself.
2007-08-02 17:56:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋