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EPITAPH: FOR A FOOL by COUNTEE CULLEN

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First Line: ON EARTH THE WISE MAN MAKES THE RULES
Last Line: And no man is the wiser
ON earth the wise man makes the rules,
And is the fool's adviser,
But here the wise are as the fools,
(And no man is the wiser).



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