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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
