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It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
