Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.

He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.

You kiss away her tears.

You kiss away her tears.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

He talks nonsense.

He talks nonsense.

Let him laugh who wins.

Let him laugh who wins.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

They succeed, because they think they can.

They succeed, because they think they can.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.