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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!
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
