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Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
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.
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have read more
What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have fought and lost
That never to have fought at all!
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
