...show the excoriated cinders behind! Nay, why should I not? Tis a good old maxim, to " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.'' Let me try, then. (To Solomon Secitndus.) Suppose I were addressing you thus — mark me, only suppose—"...

...when they attempt as it were to play with sin. But the paradox in the following verse, ' Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' may encourage the wise reprover to rebuke the absurdity, and inconsistency of every false way. Such...

...own making,8) engaged me, in conformity to the wise man's counsel in such cases, to ' answer the fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :'3 for my reproofs are addressed to those called wits, but as they are traducers or undervalues of...

...reference being made to the origin of it as recorded in the book of Genesis. If you would " answer the fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :"* Ask him to give account, as it is incumbent upon him to do, otherwise than as in the sacred volume...

...from the circumstances of time and place, remembering the holy proverb, which saith, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :" and again, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be like unto him ;" without giving...

...wherein he provoketh thee, lest thou declare thyself to be as very a fool as he. XXVI. 5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. In a discreet and sober manner take up a fool roundly, and convince him of his absurd cavils and proud...

...to recover. — W. Huttoti. SAYINGS AND DOINGS. DR. PRINGLB. — Solomon has said, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." Perhaps this has seldom been done in a more happy way than in the following occurrence : — Some years...

...authority. All which is no more than putting in practice the direction of Solomon : " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit," Prov. xxvi. 5. I have now set before you some general rules of prudence, and some particular directions...

...gender, number, case, and person with the nouns they are intended to represent. Ex. — " Answer a FOOL according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit." — Proverbs xxvi. 4. Ex. — " As to the book itself, it can say this in its behalf, that it does...

...Proverbs ? " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." — Yours respectfully, HUGH HAIGH. Answer. I consider the meaning of the two verses to be simply this....