Fools are known by looking wise
- DMI number:
- 5618
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Fools are known by looking wise
- Last Line:
- As men find woodcocks by their eyes
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Dunces
- Author:
- Samuel Butler
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Hudibras. Wilders (1967): 189 (II, Hudibras to Sodrophel)
- First Line:
- A fool is known by looking wise
- Last Line:
- As men find woodcocks by their eyes
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.365
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.135
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hud.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
Poem Aliases
Butler. Hudibras.
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