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One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
