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Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.