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 VAUGHANUsually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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There are two kinds of pedestrians… the quick and the dead.
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These are days you’ll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
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The work of healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life.
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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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In the game of life, it’s a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
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Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They’re worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
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The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.
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What the heck do you think I’m doing? I’m laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
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God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments.
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Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
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And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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