Everyone is born to die but once; honour and shame live forever!

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  Fear for one’s life often stains one’s honour.

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  But for the hero of Topola, Karađorđe the immortal, every obstacle stood in the way, yet he reached the great goal: he raised the people, baptised the land and broke the barbarian chains, called the Serbs back from the dead and breathed life into the Serbian soul.

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  This world is a tyrant even to a tyrant, let alone to a noble soul!

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  But to set one’s foot on the neck of tyranny and bring it to know what is right, that is man’s most sacred duty!

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  Let the struggle be unceasing, let be what cannot be!

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  There is no resurrection without death.

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