Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the walls she cries out,at the city gate she makes her speech:“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? (Proverbs 1: 22)
"Time defending Truth against the attacks of Envy and Discord" by Nicolas Poussin (1594 -1665)
MPR:63:3 Yet this I say unto you; the mockers of the wise and the scorners of wisdom shall tomorrow be forgotten, and the wisdom they deride shall have its day when they are dust and their names forgotten.