He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait … - Thomas Adams

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I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid.

Thomas Adams

He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must crowd for it-a gate made so on purpose, narrow and hard in the entrance, yet, after we have entered, wide and glorious, that after our pain our joy may be the sweeter.

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