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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
