A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
#quotes #matthew-henry #human

Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
#quotes #ben-jonson #reality

Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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