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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
