There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it: And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth now know Whether he hath it yea or no.

Sir John Davies

Sir John Davies

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— Marcus Valerius Martial

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— Ambrose Bierce

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— Florence King

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.