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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.