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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.