“Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.”
Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet
Satire I, l. 145.
Love of Fame (1725-1728)
“1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear.”
Similarly in French: Les fous inventent les modes et les sages les suivent.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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