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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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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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Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]

Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]

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The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

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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.

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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.

by Thomas Alva Edison Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

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

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Choice Quotes,
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When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have.

When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have.

by Owen Wister Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

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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.

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