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I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
