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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.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]
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.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
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.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
