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More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
 Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than 
discretion.
 [Sp., Mas acompanados y paniguados debe di read more 
 Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than 
discretion.
 [Sp., Mas acompanados y paniguados debe di tener la locura que la 
discrecion.] 
 All places are filled with fools.
 [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]  
 All places are filled with fools.
 [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.] 
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he 
that shutteth his lips is esteemed read more 
 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he 
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. 
 To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.  
 To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
 And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. 
 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool 
will be meddling.  
 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool 
will be meddling. 
 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a 
pestle, yet will not his foolishness read more 
 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a 
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 
 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.