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Politics : Moderate Forum

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To: Suma who wrote (15312)1/15/2005 3:36:41 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
64. Moderate at council should a man be,
Not brutal and over bearing:
Among the bold the bully will find
Others as bold as he.
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easier if there is a moderate-center-party-based-multi-party system, the system UN tries to get going in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

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76. Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good (+remembered) name never dies
Of one who has done well (+honestly).

77.Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory (positive afterspeak) of the great(ouch) dead.

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Ouch, that english...

That 'glory' should actually be 'memory' and that 'great' does only exist in english, as 'great'..

simnet.is

great
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Pronunciation Key (grt)
adj. great·er, great·est

1.Very large in size.
2.Larger in size than others of the same kind.
3.Large in quantity or number: A great throng awaited us. See Synonyms at large.
4.Extensive in time or distance: a great delay.
5.Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent: a great crisis.
6.Of outstanding significance or importance: a great work of art.
7.Chief or principal: the great house on the estate.
8.Superior in quality or character; noble: “For he was great, ere fortune made him so� (John Dryden).
9.Powerful; influential: one of the great nations of the West.
10.Eminent; distinguished: a great leader.
11.Grand; aristocratic.
12.Informal. Enthusiastic: a great lover of music.
13.Informal. Very skillful: great at algebra.
14.Informal. Very good; first-rate: We had a great time at the dance.
15.Being one generation remov
16.Archaic. Pregnant.

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"cattle" and "kindred" are also interesting translations.
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