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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
