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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!
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
