There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. -William Shakespeare

 

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.


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Action is eloquence.

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He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

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Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

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We have some salt of our youth in us.

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He that dies pays all debts.

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