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The early faith of Christianity, its beautiful cult of childhood, and its appeal to unlearned simplicity, have left their mark on the meaning of "silly"; the history of the word is contained in that cry of St. Augustine, Indocti surgunt et rapiunt coelum, or in the fervent sentence of the author of the Imitation, Oportet fieri stultum.
or the perpetually misquoted Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere, have sunk deeper and been more widely known than almost anything else written in Latin.
"Of course I am nothing but an old fool, a maniac: I give it up; and I say, like Horace's man, 'Stultum me fateor, liceat concedere vires Atque etiam insanum." "You are joking. But what would have happened if I had listened to you?" "I don't care to know." "M. de Boiscoran would none the less have been sent to a jury." "May be."
"No", said another very gravely, "take heed what you do, for while they are busy about these toys, we shall with more leisure conquer their countries." Jubeo stultum esse libenter: for as for poetry itself, it is the freest from this objection. For poetry is the companion of the camps.
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