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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!
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
