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'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
