"How wisely fate ordain'd for human kind Calamity! which is the perfect glass, Wherein we truly see and know ourselves."

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Bill Vaughan

#Fate Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.”
“Luckily you cannot get to the Golden Triangle in a bus. You can only access it on your own two feet!”
“Over my head his arm he flung, Against the world.”
“The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.”
“Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government. This country was founded upon the principle of the regulation of private effort, of making rules for the game, and under that system alone can we look for the same success in the future which has been ours in the past. Our position today is the direct result of the free play among our people of private competitive effort.”
“People are what are scary...people.”
“Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fearâ€”dogs, alligators or men!”

Source : Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe (2014). “Twelve Years A Slave: illustrated Original Edition With Bonus of Uncle Tom's Cabin”, p.74, Ageless Reads
“Your money, your singleness, marriage, talent and time, they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine”

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