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    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.

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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

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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.

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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.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Folly Quotes,
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The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

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Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.

Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Folly Quotes,
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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Folly Quotes,
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All places are filled with fools.
[Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]

All places are filled with fools.
[Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]

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The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Folly Quotes,
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More knave than fool.

More knave than fool.

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