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Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]