There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
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Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
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It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.
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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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He serves his party best who serves the country best.
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That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
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