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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
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!
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
