Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

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.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

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.

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.]

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.

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.

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 making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.