To brag little, to lose well, To crow gently if in luck, To pay up, to own up, To shut up if beaten, Are the virtues of a sportingman.
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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
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Like sentinel and nun, they keep Their vigil on the green.
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Man has his will - but woman has her way.
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