Quotes
Quotes about Fleas
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em;
And so proceed ad infinitum.
A man may be free of illness as a dog may be free of fleas, but absolute freedom is a void
Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum, And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on, While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.
So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind.
They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog--keeps him from broodin' over bein' a bog, mebbe.
