Can anyone tell me what this saying means? - the wise man who mocks the man who mocks the mocker?

Question

I have just heard this saying and don't understand it!!

Answer 1

It makes my head hurt.  Thinking about it too long could drive you out of your mocking find.

Answer 2

Is not a wise man at all

Answer 3

This is the quote that I found:

The wise man mocks the man, the mocked man mocks the mocker.

~Captain James Macleane

reference on Macleane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacLa...

I don't like the act of mocking, but my interpretation is that the wise man gets his jibe in first, rather than reacting to a jibe aimed at him.

Answer 4

Gah its too philosophical...!!

Answer 5

Is it a saying? It's a fragment - it's incomplete.

Answer 6

I think it means that the person who mocks isn't a wise man at all, and we all are guilty of it.