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COUPLET ON WIT: 5 by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: NOW WITS GAIN PRAISE BY COPYING OTHER WITS
Last Line: AS ONE HOG LIVES ON WHAT ANOTHER SH--.
Subject(s): WIT & HUMOR;

Now wits gain praise by copying other wits
As one Hog lives on what another sh--.



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