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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 her
Contemptuous heart, don’t think you’re smart,
But shut up—like the oyster.
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 her
Contemptuous heart, don’t think you’re smart,
But shut up—like the oyster.
