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If a man who turnips cries
Cry not when his father dies,
'Tis a proof that he would rather
Have a turnip than a father.
Samuel Johnson [1709-1784]
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Life is a jest, and all things show it;
I said so once, and now I know it.
John Gay [1685-1732]
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I am his Highness' dog at Kew.
Pray, sir, tell me,—whose dog are you?
Alexander Pope [1688-1744]
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