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Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
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!
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
