This isn't necessarily true, so I would have to disagree.
Although there are certainly instances of people bending the rules in order to become successful, I believe that most of them are where they are due to their talent and perhaps luck. Most of them didn't have to bend the rules - they earned their way to the top by trying hard and being bold.
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lie down on the couch for a while
Carp Diem means to make the most of the present and not worry about the future there fore
"Let us sport while we may"
"at once our time devour"
I can’t see the paragraph, but I assume it would be a) bestowed
