Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
- Source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing)
King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.
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- attributed · historical anthology
Preserved as printed; independently unverified. - Historical coordinate
- c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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- Public domain (United States)
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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