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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
