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He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
