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 VAUGHANSome idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.
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Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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The wise individual doesn’t get too attached to any of life’s pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it’s bad for him.
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You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
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Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
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One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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He (God) doesn’t need me, but He desires me.
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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
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The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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Most people – and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all – are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
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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 Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.
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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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There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude.
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