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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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Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

by Algernon Sidney Found in: General Sayings,
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Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.

Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.

Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

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Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

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The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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