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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

Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
BILL VAUGHAN

Bait Beauty Grace
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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Butter Chicken Couple Cows Eggs Price Something
The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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Clay Harden Same Sun
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 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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Failure Nothing Philosophy Resolve Wise
Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
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Atheism Atheist God Positive
Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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Believe Book Experience
Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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Adversity Art Books Threaten
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
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Animal Gratitude Hilarious
Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
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Christmas Motivational New Year
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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Firsts Modesty Obstacl
The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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Gas Home Outdoors Wonderful World
I want to be the first to bless you on what God has blessed you with – fighting in the heart of the Muslim world that was a battleground for large historic Islamic wars and what is now the place of Islam’s greatest war in the present era.
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Blessed Islamic War
Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
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Blushes Modesty Rainbow
What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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Heaven Pity Way
The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough.
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Differences Holy Ignore Long People

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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