I only wish my child were foolish and dull

 人皆养子望聪明，

我被聪明误一生。

惟愿孩儿愚且鲁，

无灾无难到公卿。

Everyone raises children hoping they will be clever,

I've been misled by cleverness all my life.

I only wish my child were foolish and dull,

So that he might reach high office without hardship or difficulty.

~ Su Shi (1037 – 1101)

Song Dynasty poet, essayist, calligrapher, painter, scholar-official, literatus, artist, pharmacologist, and gastronome.