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No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.
Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.
Reject hatred without hating.
Reject hatred without hating.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is read more
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
And that a Lord may be an owl,
A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.