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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.
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.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
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.
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.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
