you'll be a Man, my son!

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br /><br /><br />Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,<br /><br />Or being hated, don't give way to hating,<br /><br />And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:<br /><br /><br /><br />if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<br /><br />' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,<br /><br />if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<br /><br />If all men count with you, but none too much;<br /><br /><br /><br />If you can fill the unforgiving minute<br /><br />With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,<br /><br />Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,<br /><br />And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

you'll be a Man, my son!

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And ...

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