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Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
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!
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.