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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.

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Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain read more

Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain alive. To take the widow
Exasperates, makes mad her sister Goneril;
And hardly shall I carry out my side,
Her husband being alive.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Choice Quotes,
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If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.

by Alexander, The Great Found in: Choice Quotes,
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But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from read more

But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from her.

by Bible Found in: Choice Quotes,
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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.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Choice Quotes,
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For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

by Bible Found in: Choice Sayings, General Sayings,
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There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

by Stephen Covey Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Choice Quotes,
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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!

by Arthur Hugh Clough Found in: Choice Quotes,
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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.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Choice Quotes,
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