A Quote by John Dryden

For every inch that is not fool, is rogue. — © John Dryden
For every inch that is not fool, is rogue.

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In any combat between a rogue and a fool the sympathy of mankind is always with the rogue.
I will compensate all your one-inch, two-inch losses because I know how important every inch is to you aged, decrepit men.
A rogue is a roundabout fool.
The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility.
Rogue states are the main threat to peace and freedom, and they require a strong, comprehensive policy response - a policy that I call 'rogue state rollback,' in which our goal is not simply to contain rogue regimes, but to drive them from power.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!
You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or rogue actors.
I never thought I’d say I’m so very glad you’re a rogue instead of an angel. But I suppose it’s all right as long as you’re my rogue - Rebecca -
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on the other side of the world. But every day, technology narrows that moat inch by inch. Every person in the world is on the verge of becoming both a coworker and a competitor to every one of us ... Technological change is going to reach out and sooner or later change something fundamental in your business world.
It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.
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