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Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?
Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are
destroyed.
[Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia read more
By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are
destroyed.
[Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae
dilabantur.]
Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom
Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.
Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.
The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
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When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
Because the one so near the other is.
