It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.


Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822 (ed. 1822)

William Hazlitt Quotes

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.