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“It is a great truth, wonderful as it is undeniable, that all our happiness temporal, spiritual, and eternal consists in one thing; namely, in resigning ourselves to God, and in leaving ourselves with Him, to do with us and in us just as He pleases.”
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 297), 1895.
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“Shepperton Church was a very different looking building five-and-twenty years ago. To be sure, its substantial stone tower looks at you through its intelligent eye, the clock, with the friendly expression of former days; but in everything else what changes!”
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“Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.”
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“Successful investing is about having people agree with you ... later.”
Source : John C. Bogle (2012). “The John C. Bogle Reader”, p.1110, John Wiley & Sons
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“Some doors are best left closed.”
Source : George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.543, Bantam
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“Power is the ability to afford not to learn.”
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“I don't always buy organic food. It is more expensive.”
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“The blues is something separate from what I do. They connect at certain spots, but blues is different. I wouldn't put it in with what my career has been. That would be a whole separate wing.”
