Entre deux bourgeois d\u2019une ville
\nS\u2019\u00e9mut jadis un diff\u00e9rend :
\nL\u2019un \u00e9tait pauvre, mais habile ;
\nL\u2019autre, riche, mais ignorant.
\nCelui-ci sur son concurrent
\nVoulait emporter l\u2019avantage ;
\nPr\u00e9tendait que tout homme sage
\n\u00c9tait tenu de l\u2019honorer.
\nC\u2019\u00e9tait tout homme sot ; car pourquoi r\u00e9v\u00e9rer
\nDes biens d\u00e9pourvus de m\u00e9rite ?
\nLa raison m\u2019en semble petite.
\n\u00ab Mon ami, disait-il souvent
\nAu savant,
\nVous vous croyez consid\u00e9rable ;
\nMais, dites-moi, tenez-vous table ?
\nQue sert \u00e0 vos pareils de lire incessamment ?
\nIls sont toujours log\u00e9s \u00e0 la troisi\u00e8me chambre,
\nV\u00eatus au mois de juin comme au mois de d\u00e9cembre,
\nAyant pour tout laquais leur ombre seulement.
\nLa R\u00e9publique a bien affaire
\nDe gens qui ne d\u00e9pensent rien !
\nJe ne sais d\u2019homme n\u00e9cessaire
\nQue celui dont le luxe \u00e9pand beaucoup de bien.
\nNous en usons, Dieu sait ! notre plaisir occupe
\nL\u2019artisan, le vendeur, celui qui fait la jupe,
\nEt celle qui la porte, et vous, qui d\u00e9diez
\n\u00c0 messieurs les gens de finance
\nDe m\u00e9chants livres bien pay\u00e9s. \u00bb
\nCes mots remplis d\u2019impertinence
\nEurent le sort qu\u2019ils m\u00e9ritaient.
\nL\u2019homme lettr\u00e9 se tut, il avait trop \u00e0 dire.
\nLa guerre le vengea bien mieux qu\u2019une satire.
\nMars d\u00e9truisit le lieu que nos gens habitaient :
\nL\u2019un et l\u2019autre quitta sa ville.
\nL\u2019ignorant resta sans asile ;
\nIl re\u00e7ut partout des m\u00e9pris :
\nL\u2019autre re\u00e7ut partout quelque faveur nouvelle :
\nCela d\u00e9cida leur querelle.
\nLaissez dire les sots ; le savoir a son prix.<\/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":[166],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-1284","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-166","poems-book-fables","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n