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Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.

Bill Vaughan

And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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Discussion Hence Intellectual Strength Theological
By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie.
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Especially Lying Maturity Men Young
There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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Demerits Emotionally Fish Once React
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
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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Advantage Followers Kids
Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Riches Safety Sea
Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
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Garden Gardener Weed
Middle age is when you realize that you’ll never live long enough to try all the recipes you spent thirty years clipping out of newspapers and magazines.
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Age Long Years
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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Grasp Hands Power Ties
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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Book Ideas People
An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how, at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what.
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Done Reform Something Way
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
The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
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Attention Four Result Upset
There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere.
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Highest Long Men Race Respond
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
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Every Flattery Man Woman
Muscles come and go; flab lasts.
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Fitness Sarcasm Sarcastic
The perfumed spectators are wont to look on, not to join in the struggle, nor to endure the sun, the heat, the dust, and the showers.
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Look Perfume Showers Struggle
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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Nations Nice Poor Would Be
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
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
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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Character Men Wise
A nation has character only when it is free.
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Character Liberty Nations
One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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Conceit Pride Thinking
There are two kinds of pedestrians… the quick and the dead.
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Kind Pedestrian Two
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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Beautiful Children Jobs Manager
Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It’s not about kids and their choices. It’s about parents and their choices.
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Choices Kids Mcdonalds Themselves
He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
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Adversity Knows Pleasure

Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.

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