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Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
