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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
 If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power 
carries me off in read more 
 If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power 
carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my 
understanding another.
 [Lat., Si possem sanior essem.
  Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido,
   Mens aliud.] 
 If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the 
earth would have been changed.  
 If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the 
earth would have been changed. 
 So when a great man dies,
 For years beyond our ken,
  The light he leaves behind him read more 
 So when a great man dies,
 For years beyond our ken,
  The light he leaves behind him lies
   Upon the paths of men. 
 The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water 
flowing hidden underground, secretly making read more 
 The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water 
flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. 
 Lay ye down the golden chain
 From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links
  Both Goddesses and read more 
 Lay ye down the golden chain
 From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links
  Both Goddesses and Gods. 
 The very room, coz she was in,
 Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.  
 The very room, coz she was in,
 Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'. 
By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.
By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.
 He raised a mortal to the skies;
 She drew an angel down.  
 He raised a mortal to the skies;
 She drew an angel down.