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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get read more
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women read more
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become read more
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [James 1:19-20].
A fault is sooner found than mended.
A fault is sooner found than mended.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
