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The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
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I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
