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Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
