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If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
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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!
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Evening words are not like to morning.
Evening words are not like to morning.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
