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  2. The Betrothed (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Betrothed" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, first published in book form in Departmental Ditties (1886). It is a tongue-in-cheek work by the young bachelor Kipling, who affected a very worldly-wise stance. In it, he takes as his epigraph the report of evidence in a breach of promise case, "You must choose between me and your cigar". [1]

  3. Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight - Wikipedia

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    An illustrated version of this poem is contained in Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated by James Thurber (1940). The poem is mentioned by author Antonia White in her autobiography As Once in May. As a child she read it repeatedly until she knew it by heart. A parody poem Towser shall be Tied Tonight was written by Anonymous. Set in ...

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    If you're growing in age, then you're nearing to the graveyard; If you cannot be good, be careful; If you cannot beat them, join them; If you cannot live longer, live deeper; If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen; If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk

  5. Massachusetts college offers course comparing pop stars to poets

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    "Poetry's always kind of been, actually, one of my least favorite mediums of writing," said Kramer. Comparing pop stars to poets. To make poetry more approachable, Camarda turned to some of the ...

  6. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The poem is 99 words in 3 stanzas, and describes a technological utopia in which humans and technology work together for the greater good. Brautigan writes about " mammals and computers liv[ing] together in mutually programming harmony", with technology acting as caretakers while "we are free of our labors and joined back to nature."

  7. 134 funny quotes that will literally make you laugh out loud

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    These are the best funny quotes to make you laugh about life, aging, family, work, and even nature. Enjoy quips from comedy greats like Bob Hope, Robin Williams, and more. 134 funny quotes that ...

  8. Epitaph to a Dog - Wikipedia

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    Though often assumed to form part of the poem, they were written not by Byron but by his friend John Hobhouse. [3] A letter of 1830 by Hobhouse suggests that Byron had planned to use the last two lines of his poem by way of an introductory inscription, but found he preferred Hobhouse's comparison of the attributes of dogs and people.

  9. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Wikipedia

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    The phrase, as it is normally quoted in Latin, comes from the Satires of Juvenal, the 1st–2nd century Roman satirist.Although in its modern usage the phrase has wide-reaching applications to concepts such as tyrannical governments, uncontrollably oppressive dictatorships, and police or judicial corruption and overreach, in context within Juvenal's poem it refers to the impossibility of ...