Play fool to catch wise.
“Play fool to catch wise.”
Sometimes it pays to appear foolish or harmless in order to outwit those who underestimate you.
— Traditional Virgin Islands Wisdom, U.S. Virgin Islands
Source: Traditional U.S. Virgin Islands proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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