“4864. There are no Coxcombs so troublesome, as those that have some Wit.”

— Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1741) : There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734

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