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'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
