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It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
To a child all weather is cold.
To a child all weather is cold.
Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.