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Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
