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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
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.
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.]
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.
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.
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, read more
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial
disgrace.
[Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa
proverbio est.]
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
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.
