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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
