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The difficulty in life is the choice.
The difficulty in life is the choice.
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.]
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.]
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine read more
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
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.
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!
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.
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.