A fool must now and then be right, by chance. — William Cowper · Skopia

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A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

Conversations · 1782

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Cowper, William. "Conversation." Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: J. Johnson, 1782, I. 96.

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