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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!
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
