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Noe wrote: “For a man to dream he is a fool, is good for those who would govern and teach children.”

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Fool · Dream section, heading 179; source lines 765–766 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a man to dream he is a fool, is good for those who would govern and teach children.

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