Verse 41.
To Demonicus
Context: Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought. Let there be but two occasions for speech — when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it one on which you are compelled to speak. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on all others, it is better to be silent than to speak.
“Should you ever outrun the guilt within your past, Sorceress, you will have outrun your soul. When it finds you again it will kill you.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 9 (p. 292)
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Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Chindi (2002), Chapter 36 (p. 487)
"I am the Greatest" (1964)
Context: I am the man this poem’s about,
I’ll be champ of the world, there isn’t a doubt.
Here I predict Mr. Liston’s dismemberment,
I’ll hit him so hard; he’ll wonder where October and November went.
When I say two, there’s never a third,
Standin against me is completely absurd.
When Cassius says a mouse can outrun a horse,
Don’t ask how; put your money where your mouse is!
I AM THE GREATEST!
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 217.
“Fling away your soul once for all, your own small self; if you will find it again.”
Confessions Of A Sceptic
The Nemesis of Faith (1849)
Context: Fling away your soul once for all, your own small self; if you will find it again. Count not even on immortality.