Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
BILL VAUGHANAn indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how, at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
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Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.
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Muscles come and go; flab lasts.
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Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
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The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it.
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Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
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The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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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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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
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Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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Because, as we are told-a sad old joke, too- Ghosts, like the ladies, never speak till spoke to.
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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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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American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we’ve never known what to do with this part of the Bible.
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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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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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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
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If you’re involved in an accident and you’re at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
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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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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.
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No one can bring to God what you can.
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