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Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
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!
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
