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'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
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I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
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!
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
