And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
Sophocles (1984). “The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus”, p.60, Penguin
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.