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Videlicit,To damn and perjure all the rest.
— Resolution
Videlicit,To damn and perjure all the rest.
I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch AND I WILL BE HEARD.
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind.
You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. I cannot, never accomplished anything: I will try, has wrought wonders.
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.
Hast thou attempted greatnesse?Back-turning slackens resolution.
For when twoMore tardily and with a weaker will.
Alas! we makeLook down upon our slumbering acts.
What mockeries are our most firm resolves !And we do neither.
Resolve, and thou art free.
In life's small things be resolute and great"I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire;The dauntless spirit of resolution.
And hearts resolved and hands preparedThe blessings they enjoy to guard.
