“ In enterprise of martial kind, when there was any fighting, he led his regiment from behind — he found it less exciting. ”
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“ Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree. If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool, Be careful to be guided by this golden rule - Stick close to your desks and never go to to sea, And you may all be Rulers of the Queen's Navee. ”
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“ If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance. ”
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“ If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance. ”
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“ Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmate And the crew of the captain's gig. ”
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“ And so do his sisters and his cousins and his aunts! His sisters and his cousins Whom he reckons up by dozens, And his aunts! ”
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“ And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. ”
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“ You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it. ”
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“ Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmate And the crew of the captain's gig. ”
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“ Of that there is no manner of doubt - No probable, possible shadow of doubt - No possible doubt whatever. ”
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“ And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. ”
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“ It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. ”
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“ And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. ”
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“ Of that there is no manner of doubt - No probable, possible shadow of doubt - No possible doubt whatever. ”
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“ And so do his sisters and his cousins and his aunts! His sisters and his cousins Whom he reckons up by dozens, And his aunts! ”
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“ I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. ”
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“ I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. ”
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“ If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance. ”
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“ Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream. ”
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“ I love my fellow creatures — I do all the good I can — yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man! ”
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“ It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. ”
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“ The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own. ”
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“ Down went the owners — greedy men whom hope of gain allured: oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured. ”
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“ The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own. ”
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