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 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you 
even weeping, that they are read more 
 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you 
even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose 
glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 
 If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest 
delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.  
 If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest 
delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. 
 However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still 
greater than the dish.  
 However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still 
greater than the dish. 
And solid pudding against empty praise.
And solid pudding against empty praise.
 We may live without poetry, music and art;
 We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
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 We may live without poetry, music and art;
 We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
  We may live without friends; we may live without books;
   But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
    He may live without books,--what is knowledge but grieving?
     He may live without hope,--what is hope but deceiving?
      He may live without love,--what is passion but pining?
       But where is the man that can live without dining? 
 Whether woodcock or partridge, what does it signify, if the taste 
is the same? But the partridge is dearer, read more 
 Whether woodcock or partridge, what does it signify, if the taste 
is the same? But the partridge is dearer, and therefore thought 
preferable. 
And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.
And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.
 They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
 Quaff immortality and joy.  
 They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
 Quaff immortality and joy. 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this read more 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?