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From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
The ends must justify the means.
The ends must justify the means.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
