Bill Vaughan Quotes
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O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
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The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.
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Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.
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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.
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Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
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Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
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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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At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.
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I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.
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The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his.
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Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
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It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.
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Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
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Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity.
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In Southern California along the coast, if the only thing you can do with the land is agriculture, it would be substantially less (in value) than property that has almost any other allowable use.
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Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq.
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There are people in many other states who are cheering us.
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Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
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I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.