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.
BILL VAUGHANI retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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A nation has character only when it is free.
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.
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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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There’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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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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The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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Work is the means of living, but it is not living.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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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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Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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