APRIL FIRST
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All Fools' Day.
William Harvey born 1578.
Prince von Bismarck born 1815.
Edwin A. Abbey born 1852.
Agnes Repplier born 1858.
It is a peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own.
—Cicero.
A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.
—Mrs. Jameson.
He that knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool: shun him.
—Arabian Maxim.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. —Proverbs 26. 12.
Almighty God, grant that I may be spared the allurements of deceptive happiness which leaves weary days. I ask for wisdom that I may not speak foolishly, think foolishly, or act foolishly; and may I not be detained by the foolishness of others, but pursue my work, whether it be far or near. Amen.