This fellow is wise enough to play the Fool, 61 And to do that well craves a kind of wit. 62 He must observe their mood on whom he jests, 63 The quality of persons, and the time, 64 And, like the haggard, check at every feather 65 That comes before his eye. This is a practice 66 As full of labor as a wise man’s art: 67 For folly that he wisely shows is fit; 68 But <wise men,> folly-fall’n, quite taint their wit.
VIOLA
This fellow is wise enough to play the Fool, 61
And to do that well craves a kind of wit. 62
He must observe their mood on whom he jests, 63
The quality of persons, and the time, 64
And, like the haggard , check at every feather 65
That comes before his eye. This is a practice 66
As full of labor as a wise man’s art : 67
For folly that he wisely shows is fit ; 68
But < wise men, > folly-fall’n, quite taint their wit . 69
Enter Sir Toby and Andrew.
[Act 3 Scene 1]
