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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in read more
Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.
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.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
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.
Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.
Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.