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Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and read more
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
