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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then … pick out his brains.

Bill Vaughan

The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry.
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God Soul Thrones
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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Details Men Patience
A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
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Golf Sunday Views
Because, as we are told-a sad old joke, too- Ghosts, like the ladies, never speak till spoke to.
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Ghost Speak Spokes
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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Done Fascinating Two Way Wonderful
The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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Humans May Plans
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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Progress Stars Worry
Show me the research, show me the results, show me the conclusions – and then show me some qualified peer reviews of all that.
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Conclusion Research Results Reviews Show
If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
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Becomes Experience Isolation Other Trapped
Usually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
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Masters Plans Smoking
He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
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Adversity Knows Pleasure
The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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Amulets Eye Mind
O hour, of all hours, the most blesse’d upon earth, The bless’d hour of our dinners!
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Dinner Earth Eating
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
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Developer Fun Home Names Street
Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like ‘excuse me’, and other such simple courtesies.
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Expression Kind Simple
The more we succeed, the more we’re seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.
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Control Everything Future Revelation Seduce Sense

Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then … pick out his brains.

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