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The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
