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We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.