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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.