Moliere Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter. (James Russell Lowell)

Moliere Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.

James Russell Lowell

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