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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.
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?
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.
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!
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.
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.
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
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.
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]
Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]