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We had a kettle; we let it lea...

We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week... The bottom is out of the Universe.

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It is always a temptation to a...

It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:-
'Though we know we should defeat you,
we have not the time to meet you,
We will therefore pay you cash to go away.'

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Yet there be certain times in ...

Yet there be certain times in a young man's life, when, through great sorrow or sin, all the boy in him is burnt and seared away so that he passes at one step to the more sorrowful state of manhood

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Beware of overconcern for mone...

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

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When the Man waked up he said,...

When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'

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There are nine-and-sixty ways ...

There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right.

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However the world pretends to ...

However the world pretends to divide itself, there are only two divisions in the world today - human beings and Germans.

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If England was what England se...

If England was what England seems, And not the England of our dreams; But only putty, brass, and paint, 'Ow we'd chuck 'er- but she ain't!

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We have done with Hope and Hon...

We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung; And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young!

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Brother, thy tail hangs down b...

Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.

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I have eaten your bread and sa...

I have eaten your bread and salt.
I have drunk your water and wine.
The deaths ye died I have watched beside
And the lives ye led were mine.

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If the aunt of the vicar has n...

If the aunt of the vicar has never touched liquor, watch out when she finds the Champagne.

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Teach us delight in simple thi...

Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs.

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And what should they know of E...

And what should they know of England who only England know?

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Let it be clearly understood t...

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists on being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle.

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Still stands thine ancient sac...

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart.

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Nations have passed away and l...

Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.

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The Navy is very old and very ...

The Navy is very old and very wise.

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Never was isle so little, neve...

Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone,
But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.

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Favouritism governed kissage,<...

Favouritism governed kissage,
Even as it does in this age.

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