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Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?