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The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.
The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
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.
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.
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only read more
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only they differ in the race
of their lives.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
