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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.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
We make our choices, then our choices make us!
We make our choices, then our choices make us!
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.
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!
Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to read more
Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to whatever place
Farthest from pain?
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.
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.]
