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L'Estrange version
A certain starr-gazer had the fortune, in the very height of his celestial observations, to stumble into a ditch: a sober fellow passing by, gave him a piece of wholesome counsel. Friend, says he, make a right use of your present misfortune; and pray, for the future, let the starrs go on quietly in their courses, and do you look a little better to the ditches.
Moral
There needs no more than impudence and ignorance, on the one side, and a superstitious credulity on the other, to the setting up of a fortune teller.
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