If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance! -Anonymous.

If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance! -Anonymous.

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

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.

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!

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.

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.

There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.

There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.

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.