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Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of read more
I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.
There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough read more
There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.
The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.
The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
