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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.