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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
He is the proper man.
[Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
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Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
He is the proper man.
[Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
Das ist der rechte Mann.]
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
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Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
I make mine hour.
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.
If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.
