If we do not watch, we lose our opportunities; if we do not make haste, we are left behind. Day's Collacon
Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans? For they, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are about to go away to the god whose ministers they are. The Trials Of Socrates
Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease. Moby Dick
You want praise from people who kick themselves every fifteen minutes, the approval of people who despise themselves. (Is it a sign of self-respect to regret nearly everything you0 do?) Book VIII
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