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A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
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Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
