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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
