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Those dreams that on the silent night intrude,
And with false flitting shapes our minds delude
… are mere productions of the brain.
And fools consult interpreters in vain.


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'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.


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Lord, I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing!

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So weak thou art, that fools thy power despise;
And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.


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Hated by fools, and fools to hate,
Be that my motto and my fate.


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He gave the little wealth he had
To build a house for fools and mad;
And showed, by one satiric touch,
No nation wanted it so much.


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Born: November 30, 1667
Died: October 19, 1745 (aged 77)
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