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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
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.
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.
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.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.