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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.
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.
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.
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.
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd read more
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.
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.
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.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
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.]