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Available Poems in Poor Richard's Almanac (by Benjamin Franklin )

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  • Happy the nation, fortunate the age  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • Here comes Glib-Tongue who can outflatter  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes music  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • People wrapped up in themselves make small packages  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • Sally laughs at everything you say  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • Three can keep a secret if two are dead  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • Truth is bitter but a lie is savoury at times  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)
  • Who lies down with dogs rises up with fleas  (Elizabeth Walton Vercoe)

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