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Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser read more
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.