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O, this life
Is nobler than attending for a check,
Richer than doing nothing for a robe,
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O, this life
Is nobler than attending for a check,
Richer than doing nothing for a robe,
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk:
Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine
Yet keeps his book uncrossed.
Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
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Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
For others' good, or melt at others' woe.
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Declare World Party I !
Declare World Party I !
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.
The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.