What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
BILL VAUGHANO hour, of all hours, the most blesse’d upon earth, The bless’d hour of our dinners!
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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We’ve found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we’re going to err on the side of caution.
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Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
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The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you’ll be missed if you don’t show up for work.
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Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.
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The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
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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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Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who’s reading it.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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Are there any vegetarians among cannibals?
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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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A nation has character only when it is free.
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