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    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!

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To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Every animal loves itself.

Every animal loves itself.

by Charles Churchill Found in: General Sayings,
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Better fed than taught.

Better fed than taught.

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The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]

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Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

by Thomas Middleton Found in: General Sayings,
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They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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