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The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
