Samuel Butler ( 10 of 155 )
With books and money placed, for show
Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,
And for his read more
With books and money placed, for show
Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,
And for his false opinion pay.
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from read more
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
What makes all doctrines plain and clear?--
About two hundred pounds a year.
And that which was read more
What makes all doctrines plain and clear?--
About two hundred pounds a year.
And that which was prov'd true before
Prove false again? Two hundred more.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
And poets by their sufferings grow,--
As if there were no more to do,
To make a read more
And poets by their sufferings grow,--
As if there were no more to do,
To make a poet excellent,
But only want and discontent.
