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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is read more
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. -Israel Zangwill.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
