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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!
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
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.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
