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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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A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot read more

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]

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He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

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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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Fool me no fools.

Fool me no fools.

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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.

by George Chapman Found in: Folly Quotes,
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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.]

by William Cowper Found in: Folly Quotes,
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
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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.

by Bible Found in: Folly Sayings, General Sayings,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Folly Quotes,
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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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