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I F<\/p>\n
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If you can keep your head when all about you<\/p>\n
are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<\/p>\n
if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<\/p>\n
but make allowance of their doubting too,<\/p>\n
if you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<\/p>\n
or being lied about don’t deal in lies,<\/p>\n
or being hated, don’t give away to hating,<\/p>\n
and yet, don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.<\/p>\n
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If you can dream and not make dreams your master,<\/p>\n
if you can think and not make thoughts your aim;<\/p>\n
if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<\/p>\n
and treat those two impostors just the same;<\/p>\n
if you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken<\/p>\n
twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<\/p>\n
or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<\/p>\n
and stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools.<\/p>\n
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If you can make one heap of all your winnings<\/p>\n
and risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<\/p>\n
and lose, and start again at your beginnings<\/p>\n
and never breath a word about your loss;<\/p>\n
if you can force your heart and nerves and sinew<\/p>\n
to serve your turn long after they are gone,<\/p>\n
and so hold on when there is nothing in you<\/p>\n
except the Will which says to them:”Hold on!”<\/p>\n
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If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<\/p>\n
or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch,<\/p>\n
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;<\/p>\n
if all men count with you, but none too much.<\/p>\n
If you can fill the unforgiving minute<\/p>\n
with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,<\/p>\n
yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,<\/p>\n
and – which is more – you’ll be a man, my son.<\/p>\n
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S E\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Lettera al figlio, 1910)<\/p>\n
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Se riesci a conservare il controllo, quando tutti<\/p>\n
intorno a te lo perdono e te ne fanno una colpa;<\/p>\n
se riesci ad aver fiducia in te\u00a0 stesso, quando tutti<\/p>\n
ne dubitano, ma anche tener conto del\u00a0 loro dubbio;<\/p>\n
se riesci ad aspettare e non stancarti di aspettare,<\/p>\n
o, se mentono a tuo riguardo, a non ricambiare in menzogne,<\/p>\n
o, se ti odiano, non lasciarti prendere dall’odio,<\/p>\n
e, tuttavia, non sembrare troppo buono e\u00a0 non parlare troppo da saggio;<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
se riesci a sognare e a non fare del sogno il tuo padrone;<\/p>\n
se riesci a pensare e a non fare del pensiero il tuo scopo;<\/p>\n
se riesci a far fronte al Trionfo e alla Rovina<\/p>\n
e trattare allo stesso modo quei due impostori;<\/p>\n
se riesci a sopportare di udire la verit\u00e0 che hai detto<\/p>\n
distorta dai furfanti per ingannare gli sciocchi,<\/p>\n
o a contemplare le cose a cui hai dedicato la vita, infrante,<\/p>\n
e piegarti a ricostruirle con strumenti logori;<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
se riesci a fare un mucchio di tutte le tue vincite<\/p>\n
e rischiarle in un colpo solo a testa e croce,<\/p>\n
e perdere e ricominciare di nuovo, dal principio,<\/p>\n
e non dire una sola parola sulla perdita;<\/p>\n
se riesci a costringere cuore, tendini e nervi<\/p>\n
a servire al tuo scopo quando sono, da tempo, sfiniti,<\/p>\n
e a tener duro, quando a te non resta altro,<\/p>\n
tranne la Volont\u00e0 che dice loro:”Tieni duro!”.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Se riesci a parlare con la folla e a conservare la tua virt\u00f9,<\/p>\n
e a camminare con i Re, senza perdere il contatto con la gente,<\/p>\n
se non riesce a ferirti il nemico, n\u00e9 l’amico pi\u00f9 caro;<\/p>\n
se tutti gli uomini contano per te, ma nessuno troppo;<\/p>\n
se riesci a riempire il minuto inesorabile<\/p>\n
con il valore di sessanta secondi del tempo che passa,<\/p>\n
tua \u00e8 la Terra e tutto ci\u00f2 che vi \u00e8 in essa<\/p>\n
e – quel che pi\u00f9 conta – sarai un uomo, figlio mio!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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