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Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]
Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into read more
Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
And growing old in drawing nothing up.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool read more
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, read more
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that
doeth good.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
