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I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
