"So our virtuesLie in the interpretation of the time:And power, unto itself most commendable,Hath not a tomb so evident as a chairTo extol what it hath done.One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail;Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail."

Virtue, Power, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"So our virtuesLie in the interpretation of the time:And power, unto itself most commendable,Hath not a tomb so evident as a chairTo extol what it hath done.One fire drives out one fire; one nail, one nail;Rights by rights falter, strengths by strengths do fail."

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"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

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"To be, or not to be: that is the question."

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"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

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"If music be the food of love, play on."

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"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains."

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