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Bill Vaughan

Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.
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Animal Chocolate Cows
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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Failure Nothing Philosophy Resolve Wise
Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
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Atheism Atheist God Positive
Do not expect too much of the end of the world.
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End Much World
The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have penetrated the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet. What philosophy can calculate the vibrations of the heart before it can distinguish the colours of love?
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Heart Love Philosophy
The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough.
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Differences Holy Ignore Long People
Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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Comparison Deer Pale
A nation has character only when it is free.
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Character Liberty Nations
The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
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Christianity Convincing Shared
The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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Humans May Plans
A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
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Golf Sunday Views
Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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Evil People Weakness
There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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Demerits Emotionally Fish Once React
Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Riches Safety Sea
Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.
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Along Busy Early Morning Walk Wonder
By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.
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Elderly Funny Witty

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