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A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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.]
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
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.]
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
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.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
All places are filled with fools.
[Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]
All places are filled with fools.
[Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]
