Opportunity

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

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English playwright, poet, and actor. Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

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