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Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine read more
He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
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.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to read more
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. -Joan Baez.
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.
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.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.