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 VAUGHANThe pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
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Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.
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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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Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
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I like computers. It’s the first time that I am endorsing a computer brand. I am very computer savvy, so this is certainly up my ally.
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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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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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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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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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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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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
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Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.
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There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere.
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