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Those people who think they're witty often prove to be fools. And I'm sure that I'm not witty, so I might pass for a wise man. For what did the philosopher Quinapalus say? "Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."
- Twelfth Night Act 5, Scene 1 Translation
FOOL. Put your virtue away just this once, sir, and let your...
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Olivia first instructs her attendants to send Feste away,...
- Twelfth Night Act 5, Scene 1 Translation
Nov 9, 2020 · From Twelfth Night (1.5): FesteWit, an't be thy will, put me into good fooling!Those wits, that think they have thee, do very oftprove fools; and I, that am sure I lack thee, maypass for a wise man: for what says Quinapalus?'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.' The Arden note says: An invented Latin…
Jul 31, 2015 · FOOL, ⌜ aside ⌝ 0325 30 Wit, an ’t be thy will, put me into good 0326 fooling! Those wits that think they have thee do very 0327 oft prove fools, and I that am sure I lack thee may 0328 pass for a wise man. For what says Quinapalus? 0329 “Better a witty Fool than a foolish wit.”—God bless 0330 35 thee, lady!
The scene begins with clowning. Maria and Olivia both criticize Feste, Olivia’s “fool” or jester, for being absent from work, but Feste’s expert joking wins Olivia over. The sour
says Quinapalus? ‘Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.’ God bless thee, lady! [Enter Olivia and Malvolio.] OLIVIA: Take the fool away. FESTE: Do you not hear, fellows? Take away the lady. OLIVIA: Go to, you're a dry fool; I'll no more of you: besides,(35) you grow dishonest. FESTE: Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel
'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.' Shakespeare's plays were written to be performed to an audience from different social classes and of varying levels of intellect. Thus they contain down-to-earth characters who appeal to the working classes, side-by-side with complexities of plot which would satisfy the appetites of the aristocrats among the audience.
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She orders that the fool be taken away, and he quickly turns the order on its head, ordering that she be taken away. He unarguably proves that Olivia is herself a fool, in a manner clever enough that Olivia is mollified, though Malvolio expresses his distaste at the fact that she enjoys the chatter of a jester, but Olivia warns him that he is too conceited for his own good.
