Not a deed would he do,
Not a word would he utter,
Till he's weighed its relation
To plain bread and butter.


The Biglow Papers (ed. 1900)

James Russell Lowell Quotes

Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.

Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.

Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.

Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.