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“In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she 'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me"?”
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- Source:
- Epigram.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 821bfb730a62a7cd9df4087bb009fbda67c874ce6ab43560bab41f35c8b305c6
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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