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He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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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!
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
