I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.

There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
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I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to read more

Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to whatever place
Farthest from pain?

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.