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“Young Bob Lincoln and Elmer Ellsworth . . . were cutting up in the office, and Lincoln reproved them. Bob replied by quoting the well-known couplet A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. "So it is," said Lincoln; "that's the difference between the wise man and a fool, who…” quote by Emanuel Hertz
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““Young Bob Lincoln and Elmer Ellsworth . . . were cutting up in the office, and Lincoln reproved them. Bob replied by quoting the well-known couplet A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. "So it is," said Lincoln; "that's the difference between the wise man and a fool, who relishes it all the time.””

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