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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
Consistencie's a jewell.
For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,
Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.

by Unknown Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.

But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Preaching Quotes,
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A kick that scarce would move a horse,
May kill a sound divine.

A kick that scarce would move a horse,
May kill a sound divine.

by William Cowper Found in: Preaching Quotes,
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The things that mount the rostrum with a skip,
And then skip down again, pronounce a text,
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The things that mount the rostrum with a skip,
And then skip down again, pronounce a text,
Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote
Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work,
And with a well-bred whisper close the scene!

by William Cowper Found in: Preaching Quotes,
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Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? read more

Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".

by George A. Ford Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

by Ben Bayol Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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He that negotiates between God and man,
As God's ambassador, the grand concerns
Of judgment and of read more

He that negotiates between God and man,
As God's ambassador, the grand concerns
Of judgment and of mercy, should beware
Of lightness in his speech.

by William Cowper Found in: Preaching Quotes,
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In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in read more

In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.

by Hillel J. Einhorn Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

by Frances Cornford Found in: Consistency Quotes,
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