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The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
