...case ; first, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him ;" next, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." When we cannot admit any part of his statements without sharing in his foolishness, we had bettor not...

...xxvi. 4, 5. 'Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him ; ' and again, 'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit' — directions which it requires the %vit of an CEdipus fully to explain, and the wisdom of Solomon...

...rod for the fool's bock. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came a 0 He that sendelh a message by Ihe hand of a fool cutteth oft' the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The...

...chance [to] be humbled. I take the wise man as directing us to this method with this sort of men : " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." (Prov. xxvi. 5.) According to his folly, that is, according as his folly does deserve ; answer him...

...provided it be not in scorn. " 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" (Prov. xxvi. 4, 5). Answer and answer not ; not out of curiosity, as Herod questioned Christ many things,...

...printer's nor bookseller's name on its title page— only 'Printed in the Year, 1645' and the motto: 'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit' (Proverbs xxvi. 5). It began with a few words for Mr. Prynne, whose heedless reference to 'divorce...

...must call our attention to it and teach it to us?" In response, I will follow the Wise Man's counsel, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Mishlei 26:5), and say: Anyone who asks such a nViap .crpVm D'ra •?» y»aa nx .VVisn pjyn...

...WALLACE STEVENS, (1879-1955) US poet. "The Emperor of Ice-Cream, " Harmonium (1923). Fools and Follies 1 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. BIBLE: HEBREW, Proverbs, 26:5. 2 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly....

...absurdity, of the situation would be apparent to all.'6 An Old Testament adage would spring to mind: "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Prv. 26:5). Such an individual would be walking in the footsteps of the proverbist. (Though...

...Ginzberg in 07". p. 271, n. 57). 16. The word iwwelel, "folly," is here equated with "ignorance." JV: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 17. The implication: your failure to teach Torah will reduce your own understanding of it. JV:...