If you can keep your head when all about you; Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; (stanza 1, line 1) - Keep a calm and composed state of minda, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; (stanza 1, line 4) - accommodate, consider, If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;(stanza 2, line 2) - Becoming so rigid about one’s opinions and thoughts that you cannot take suggestions, If you can make one heap of all your winnings; And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, (stanza 3, line 2) - Game based on luck in which you have equal chances of winning or losing, If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, (stanza 4, line 1) - Keep your good qualities intact, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; (stanza 4, line 2) - Modesty and a down to earth attitude, If all men count with you, but none too much; (stanza 4, line 4) - Men give you respect and regard, If you can fill the unforgiving minute; With sixty seconds' worth of distance run- (stanza 4, line 5) - If you waste time, it never forgives you.,

Understanding Expressions.

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