Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Service is no Inheritance.

Service is no Inheritance.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.