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Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the read more
Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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!
