There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken a the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound up in sorrows and in miseries. on such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventues.
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Life is short and opportunities are rare, and we have to be vigilent in protecting them. And not only opportunities to succeed, but the opportunity to laugh, to see the the enchantment in the world, and to live...