"No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I'm pious when I'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull."
— Thomas Hood

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Ode to Rae Wilson; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).