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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!
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
