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Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
