The banket of sapience compyled by Sir Thomas Eliot Knight.

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Title
The banket of sapience compyled by Sir Thomas Eliot Knight.
Author
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Publication
Londoni :: Excudebat Henricus VVykes,
M.D.LXIIII. [1564]
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Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life.
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Cite this Item
"The banket of sapience compyled by Sir Thomas Eliot Knight." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21286.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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FOLY.

A Foles way in his own eye is best a wyse man heareth good coūsell.* 1.1

He that answereth before that he heareth, proueth him self to be a foole and worthy rebuke.* 1.2

A wyse sentence in a fooles mouthe, shall not be regarded, for he telleth it not in oportunitie.* 1.3

Talke not long with a foole, and with him that lacketh witte, keepe not muche companie.

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He that setteth muche by hym selfe, where in dede he is nought worthe, he bryngeth hym selfe into folye.

It is the propertie of a foole to seeke oute other mennes faultes, and forget his owne.* 1.4

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