Chapter FLY to FOOL of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Who provideth for the raven his food?

Job.—Chap XXXVIII. Verse 41.

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Psalm CXLVII. Verse 9.

Food for powder, food for powder.

Shakespeare.—King Henry IV. Part I. Act IV. Scene 2. (Falstaff.)

Even in its treasures he could find
Food for the fever of his mind.

Scott.—Lady of the Lake, Canto III. Stanza 6.

FOOL—Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Pope.—On Criticism, Line 391.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself
to be a fool.

shakspere.—As You Like it, Act V. Scene 1. (Touchstone.)

For every inch that is not fool is rogue.

Dryden.—Absalom and Ahithophel, Part II. Line 463.

No creatnre smarts so little as a fool.

Pope.—Prol. to Satires, Line 84.