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And they never fail to go after this man. He's a trap we set for the new arrivals, and I've hardly seen a single one of them fail to get caught. I was sometimes surprised by the justice of this fool's observations on men and on their characters. I told him as much. AND THEY NEVER FAIL TO GO AFTER THIS MAN HE'S A TRAP WE SET FOR THE NEW ARRIVALS AND I'VE HARDLY SEEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM FAIL TO GET CAUGHT I WAS SOMETIMES SURPRISED BY THE JUSTICE OF THIS FOOL'S OBSERVATIONS ON MEN AND ON THEIR CHARACTERS I TOLD HIM AS MUCH
, miracles about people in convulsions where he was a visual witness, and also with a few cantos from his poem on a subject which he knows really well. I hate his verses, but I like to hear him recite. He has the air of someone truly weird. All those around him cry out, "Now that's what we call a poet." Just between us, that poetry is nothing but a din of all sorts of confused noises, the barbarous song of people living in the tower of Babel. Sometimes we also get a visit from a certain simpleton with a dull, stupid expression, who has a mind like a demon and who's smarter than an old monkey. He's one of those figures who invite jokes and tricks, someone God made to correct people who judge on the basis of appearances, those who should have learned at their own mirrors that it is just as easy to be a witty man and look like a fool as it is to hide a fool under an intelligent looking physiognomy. It's a really common form of cowardice to sacrifice a good man for the amusement of others. ITH CYNICAL STORIES MIRACLES ABOUT PEOPLE AND CONVULSIONS WHERE HE WAS A VISUAL WITNESS AND ALSO WITH A FEW CANTOS FROM HIS POEM ON A SUBJECT WHICH HE KNOWS REALLY WELL I HATE HIS VERSES BUT I LIKE TO HEAR HIM RECITE HE HAS THE AIR OF SOME ONE TRULY WEIRD ALL THOSE AROUND HIM CRY OUT NOW THAT'S WHAT WE CALL POET JUST BETWEEN US THAT POETRY IS NOTHING BUT A DIN OF ALL SORTS OF CONFUSED NOISES THE BARBAROUS SONG OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWER OF BABEL SOMETIMES WE ALSO GET A VISIT FROM A CERTAIN SIMPLETON WITH A DULL STUPID EXPRESSION WHO HAS A MIND LIKE A DEMON AND WHO'S SMARTER THAN AN OLD MONKEY HE'S ONE OF THOSE FIGURES WHO INVITE JOKES AND TRICKS SOME ONE GOD MADE TO CORRECT PEOPLE WHO JUDGE ON THE BASIS OF APPEARANCES THOSE WHO SHOULD HAVE LEARNED AT THEIR OWN MIRRORS THAT IT IS JUST AS EASY TO BE A WITTY MAN AND LOOK LIKE A FOOL AS IT IS TO HIDE A FOOL UNDER AN INTELLIGENT LOOKING PHYSIOGNOMY IT'S A REALLY COMMON FORM OF COWARDICE TO SACRIFICE A GOOD MAN FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF OTHERS
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