We are parlor soldiers. The rugged battle of fate, where strength is born, we shun.
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For thus the wood-gods murmured in my ear,
Dost love our manners?
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
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