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Miscellaneous Epigrams(十)
2023-12-06x Another Here lies John Trot, the friend of all mankind: He has not left one enemy behind. Friends were quite hard to find, old authors say; But now ...
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(九)
2023-12-06ix Another I was buried near this dyke, That my friends may weep as much as they like....
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(八)
2023-12-06viii An Epitaph Come knock your heads against this stone. For sorrow that poor John Thompson's gone....
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(七)
2023-12-06vii Some men, created for destruction, come Into the world, and make the world their home. Be they as vile and base as e'er they can, They'll ...
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(六)
2023-12-06vi Great men and fools do often me inspire; But the greater fool, the greater liar....
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(五)
2023-12-06v He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he can't perceive; And he's a fool who tries to make such a blockhead believe....
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(四)
2023-12-06iv Some people admire the work of a fool, For it's sure to keep your judgment cool; It does not reproach you with want of wit; It is not like a la...
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(三)
2023-12-06iii ——And in melodious accents I Will sit me down, and cry `I! I!'...
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(二)
2023-12-06ii He has observ'd the golden rule, Till he's become the golden fool....
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Miscellaneous Epigrams(一)
2023-12-06i His whole life is an epigram smart, smooth and neatly penn'd, Plaited quite neat to catch applause, with a hang-noose at the end....