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Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Just taking it one day at a time.
Just taking it one day at a time.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
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!
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
