BUSYBODIES.

Who, knowing nothing, claim to know it all.

What each intends, or will intend, they know.

What in the queen's ear the king said, they know.

What never was, or is--they know it, though!

--_Plautus._

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The would-be buyer, alas! so often depreciates.

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The road to "bye and bye" leads to the town of never.

--_Spanish._

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