Miscellaneous Collections

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You are old," said the youth, "and I'm told by my peers That your lectures bore people to death.
Yet you talk at one hundred conventions per year -- Don't you think that you should...
You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than sue
You are old," said the youth, "and your programs don't run, And there isn't one language you like
Yet of useful suggestions for help you have none -- Have you thought about taking...
You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fa
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door -- Pray what is the reason of that?...
You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And make errors few people could bea
You complain about everyone's English but yours -- Do you really think this is quite fa...
You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as eve
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -- What made you so awfully clever?" ...
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
You are the only person to ever get this message.
You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of trash.
You buttered your bread, now lie in it.

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