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Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
