How much a dunce that has been sent to roam

Excels a dunce that has been kept at home!

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Progress of Error. Line 415.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam

Excels a dunce that has been kept at home!

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Progress of Error. Line 415.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Dunciad. Book iv. Line 90.