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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
