Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist
From Miscellaneous Thoughts, lines 283-290 ; as contained in The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: A Revised Edition with Memoir and Notes, Volume 2, Samuel Butler, G. Bell & Sons (1893), pp. 275-276
“Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, book A Study in Scarlet
Source: A Study in Scarlet
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