The weak against the strong, Is always in the wrong.
So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.
So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; February 13, 1769 – November 21, 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genr…
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