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Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
