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Oh, the erudite fool, with his chattering ways!
He says all that he knows, and knows not what he says.

— Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Oh, le maudit bavard! oh, le sot érudit!
Il dit tout ce qu'il sait, et ne sait ce qu'il dit.

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