Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then … pick out his brains.
BILL VAUGHANEvery woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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One must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
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Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
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The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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The message that underlies healing is simple yet radical: We are already whole…. Underneath our fears and worries, unaffected by the many layers of our conditioning and actions, is a peaceful core.
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Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
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As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
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Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive.
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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
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The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
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Your thoughts are making you.
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The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.
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