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Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
