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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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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!
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
