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Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
