Le Monde n\u2019a jamais manqu\u00e9 de charlatans :
\n\tCette science, de tout temps
\n\tFut en professeurs tr\u00e8s fertile.
\nTant\u00f4t l\u2019un en th\u00e9\u00e2tre affronte l\u2019Ach\u00e9ron,
\nEt l\u2019autre affiche par la ville
\nQu\u2019il est un passe-Cic\u00e9ron.
\nUn des derniers se vantait d\u2019\u00eatre
\nEn \u00e9loquence si grand ma\u00eetre,
\nQu\u2019il rendrait disert un badaud,
\nUn manant, un rustre, un lourdaud ;
\n\u00ab Oui, messieurs, un lourdaud, un animal, un \u00e2ne :
\nQue l\u2019on am\u00e8ne un \u00e2ne, un \u00e2ne renforc\u00e9,
\n\tJe le rendrai ma\u00eetre pass\u00e9 ;
\n\tEt veux qu\u2019il porte la soutane. \u00bb
\nLe prince sut la chose ; il manda le rh\u00e9teur.
\n\t\u00ab J\u2019ai, dit-il, en mon \u00e9curie
\n\tUn fort beau roussin d\u2019Arcadie ;
\n\tJ\u2019en voudrais faire un orateur.
\n\u2013 Sire, vous pouvez tout \u00bb, reprit d\u2019abord notre homme,
\n\tOn lui donna certaine somme.
\n\tIl devait, au bout de dix ans,
\n\tMettre son \u00e2ne sur les bancs ;
\nSinon, il consentait d\u2019\u00eatre en place publique
\nGuind\u00e9 la hart au col, \u00e9trangl\u00e9 court et net,
\n\tAyant au dos sa rh\u00e9torique,
\n\tEt les oreilles d\u2019un baudet.
\nQuelqu\u2019un des courtisans lui dit qu\u2019\u00e0 la potence
\nIl voulait l\u2019aller voir, et que, pour un pendu,
\nIl aurait bonne gr\u00e2ce et beaucoup de prestance :
\nSurtout qu\u2019il se souv\u00eent de faire \u00e0 l\u2019assistance
\nUn discours o\u00f9 son art f\u00fbt au long \u00e9tendu ;
\nUn discours path\u00e9tique, et dont le formulaire
\nServ\u00eet \u00e0 certains Cic\u00e9rons
\nVulgairement nomm\u00e9s larrons.
\nL\u2019autre reprit : \u00ab Avant l\u2019affaire,
\nLe roi, l\u2019\u00e2ne, ou moi, nous mourrons. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Il avait raison. C\u2019est folie
\nDe compter sur dix ans de vie.
\nSoyons bien buvants, bien mangeants,
\nNous devons \u00e0 la mort de trois l\u2019un en dix ans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[152],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-1242","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-152","poems-book-fables","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n