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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
What is the matter with Kansas?
What is the matter with Kansas?
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
