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Unphilosophic

by Edgar Albert Guest

Edgar Albert Guest

Let philosophers say that it's all for the best
No matter what happens awry,
I defy one to smile who spills pie on his vest,
Especially loose pumpkin pie.




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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

• Plato



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