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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain read more
Which of them shall I take?
Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
If both remain alive. To take the widow
Exasperates, makes mad her sister Goneril;
And hardly shall I carry out my side,
Her husband being alive.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.
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.
When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have.
When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have.
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!
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.
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.
