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More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
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.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
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.]
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.
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.
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.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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.