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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.