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Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival read more
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly of
credulity.
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.]
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.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
