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The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, read more
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
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.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
