Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

You shall never want rope enough.

You shall never want rope enough.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

His bark is worse than his bite.

His bark is worse than his bite.

Rome was not built in a day.

Rome was not built in a day.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

That is not good language which all understand not.

That is not good language which all understand not.