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.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
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If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently;
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.

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.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

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

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

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.