| 1611 - 360 sider
...come. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the fool's back. Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto...to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. The legs... | |
| 1784 - 50 sider
...PARTICULARLY TO THE READERS OF SHAKSPEARE. BvxTHJLRSITES LITERARIUS. HJL jra VERUM ATQUE DECENS. HOR. ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST HE BE WISE IN HIS OWN CONCEIT. PROV. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HENRY PAYNE, OPPOSITE TO MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, PALL-MALL. M-DCC-LXXXIV. FAMILIAR... | |
| 1813 - 996 sider
...solved the paradox of king Solomon, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him : answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit," by observing, that " the defender of reirgion should not imitate the insulter of st, in his modes of... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sider
...be taught and restrained by se4 vere methods ; no others will do. Answer not a fool according to 5 his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer...according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ; do not answer every imfiertinent sfieech or accusation of a clamorous fool ; it is the better way... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sider
...by se4 теге method» ; no others will do. Answer not a fool according to 5 hie folly, lest ihou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be vise in his own conceit ; do not answer every impertinent speech or accusation of a clamorous fool... | |
| Robert Leighton - 1806 - 472 sider
...if we are not to answer a fool, so as to be like unto him ; yet we are, by all means, to answer him according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ; again, because a criminal forgetfulness of this leading truth is the sole source of all the wickedness... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 sider
...malicious fashion wherein he provofceth thee, lest thou declare thyself to be as very a fool as he. XXVI. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. In a discreet and sober manner take up a fool roundly, and convince him of his absurd cavils and proud... | |
| 1809 - 1150 sider
...for the fool's back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 ! 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The... | |
| John Brown - 1810 - 642 sider
...questions, &c. Epb. v. 4. 1 Tim. vi. 9. Tit. iii. 9. 3R2 not a fool according to his folly, lest thou bt like unto him ; answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit : we ought never to answer a fool in a foolish manner, and sometimes not at all ; but it is proper... | |
| Daniel McCalla, William Hollinshead - 1810 - 458 sider
...or two of Solomon's as sharp and cutting, I dare say, as any of the Spaniards, or any other people. "•Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Seest thou a man wise in his owi conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him." That Dr. Franklin... | |
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