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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.
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.
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!
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.]
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.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in read more
Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
