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 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
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 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
   Her home is on the deep. 
 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]  
 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.] 
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
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 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
   In a cottage I. 
 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce read more 
 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,
  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.] 
 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath read more 
 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to read more 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! 
 Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does 
not possess his estate, but read more 
 Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does 
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him." 
 The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the 
French, a calmer nation, claim that of read more 
 The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the 
French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
 [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere
  S'arrogent l'empire des mers;
   Les Francais, nation legere,
    S'emparent de celui des airs.]