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A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
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!
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
