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FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS

We note with joy that οί πολλοί, Whom maidens bite the thumb at,Are apt to try some weak reply To things they should be dumb at.The moral, then, for crafty men Is: When a maid has voiced herContemptuous heart, don’t think you’re smart, But shut up—like the oyster.
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