“A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule,
And, when by that of reason, a mere fool”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
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Tanta stultitia mortalium est.
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Variant: Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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