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Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best To damn and perjure all the rest. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 630) I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard. - William Lloyd Garrison, Salutatory of the Liberator (vol. I, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1831) I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. - William Lloyd Garrison, Salutatory of the Liberator (vol. I, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1831) Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. - Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 22) In truth there is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution. - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales--Fancy's Show Box Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. - Robert Herrick, Regression Spoils Resolution For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios"), The Iliad (bk. X, l. 257), (Bryant's translation) Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. - Abraham Lincoln Resolve, and thou art free. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Masque of Pandora (pt. VI, In the Garden) In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: knowst thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?" - James Russell Lowell, Epigram Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. - William Penn Never tell your resolution beforehand. - John Selden, Table Talk--Wisdom Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviors from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution. - William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John (Bastard at V, i) And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard. - Tobias George Smollett, Humphry Clinker--Ode to Leven Water Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. - Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde)
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