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.

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

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

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.

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.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

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.

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.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.