Iron hand in a velvet glove.

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To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so...

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so...

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my...

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my...

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed,...

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed,...

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my...

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my...

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

I came, I saw, God conquered.

I came, I saw, God conquered.