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Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

Between the victim and the stone knife.
[Lat., Inter sacrum et sazim.]

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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?

by John Milton Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

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Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

by Richard Bach Found in: Choice Quotes,
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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.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.

Of fight or fly,
This choice is left ye, to resist or die.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Choice Quotes,
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Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

Of harmes two the less is for to chose.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Choice Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Choice Quotes,
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