A fool pursued, with club and stone,<\/p>\n
A sage, who said, ‘My friend, well done!<\/p>\n
Receive this guinea for your pains;<\/p>\n
They well deserve far higher gains.<\/p>\n
The workman’s worthy of his hire,<\/p>\n
‘Tis said. There comes a wealthy squire,<\/p>\n
Who hath wherewith thy works to pay;<\/p>\n
To him direct thy gifts, and they<\/p>\n
Shall gain their proper recompense.’<\/p>\n
Urged by the hope of gain,<\/p>\n
Upon the wealthy citizen<\/p>\n
The fool repeated the offence.<\/p>\n
His pay this time was not in gold.<\/p>\n
Upon the witless man<\/p>\n
A score of ready footmen ran,<\/p>\n
And on his back, in full, his wages told.<\/p>\n
In courts, such fools afflict the wise;<\/p>\n
They raise the laugh at your expense.<\/p>\n
To check their babble, were it sense<\/p>\n
Their folly meetly to chastise?<\/p>\n
Perhaps ’twill take a stronger man.<\/p>\n
Then make them worry one who can.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Jean de la Fontaine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fool pursued, with club and stone, A sage, who said, ‘My friend, well done! Receive this guinea for your pains; They well deserve far higher gains. The workman’s worthy of his hire, ‘Tis said. 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