“Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult. ”
“Me? I'm a mocker!”
“I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.”
“Blessed is the manwho does not walk in the counsel of the wickedor stands in the way of sinnersor sits in the seat of mockers.”
“My soul is calm and clear, like the mountains in the morning. But they think I am cold, and a mocker with terrible jests.”
“I was wrong to insult you, and not only because you are my hosts. I am afraid that I mistook kindness for weakness. My apologies. I stand - only with your aid - profoundly corrected.”