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We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
