There is a tide in the affairs of men

William Shakespeare

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1564 to 1616

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There is a tide in the affairs of men
And we must take the current when it serves,
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
Or lose our ventures.
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

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