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The difficulty in life is the choice.
The difficulty in life is the choice.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]
Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]
We make our choices, then our choices make us!
We make our choices, then our choices make us!
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
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.
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.