Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.

John Dryden
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  1. I am sore wounded but not slain I will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again
  2. But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
  3. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
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