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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. - Bible, Matthew (ch. VII, v. 6) Shear swine, all cry and no wool. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 852) You have a wrong sow by the ear. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 580) You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.] - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Epistles (bk. I, IV, 15, 16) The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty. - William Mason, Heroic Epistle Then on the grounde Togyder rounde With manye a sadde stroke, They roll and rumble, They turne and tumble, As pigges do in a poke. - Sir Thomas More, How a Sergeant would learn to Playe the Frere How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near! - Alexander Pope, Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 221) The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all. - Alexander Pope, Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 41)
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