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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.