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He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
