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A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.