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Frankisms
Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.
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“The noblest revenge is to forgive. — Thomas Fuller”
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“The older generation thought nothing of getting up at five every morning—and the younger generation doesn’t think much of it either. — John J. Welsh”
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“The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. — Ellen Glasgos”
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“The person who knows how will always have a job. But the person who knows why will be his boss. — Carl C. Woon”
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“The person who steals an egg will steal a chicken. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom. — Horace Greeley”
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“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. — C.S. Lewis”
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“The reason that most of us seem to have a consistent character is that most of us are really good at controlling our environment. — Malcolm Gladwell”
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“The redemption of God shines brighter on a darker canvas. — Ted Dekker”
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“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. — Karl Marx”
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“The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. — Bill Copeland”
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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. — Eric Hoffer”
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“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. — Sydney J. Harris”
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“The truth is always the strongest argument. — Sophocles”
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“The unity that binds us all together, that makes this earth a family, and all men brothers and the sons of God, is love. — Thomas Wolfe”
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“The value of persistent prayer is not that he will hear us but that we will finally hear him. — William McGill”
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“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. — Fanny Fern (18111872), Fern Leaves [1853]”
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“The wheel was man’s greatest invention until he got behind it. — Bill Ireland”
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“The world is full of cactus, but we don’t have to sit on it. — Will Foley”
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“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man”
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“The worst translations are those translations that try to be literal. — Eugene Peterson, Author of The Message”
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“There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. — Hubert H. Humphrey”
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“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way. — C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce”
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“There are two ways to be rich: one is to have a lot of money; the other is to have few needs. — William Sloane Coffin”
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“There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart. — Blaise Pascal”
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“There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God. — Epictetus”
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“There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage. — W. J. Bryan, 1925”
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“There is only one way to really grow in the position and to become an all Pro. You have to play the game. — Gene Getz”
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace. — Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Quincy”
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“There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything, and an optimist who says, Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway. Either way, nothing happens. — Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia”
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“There’s only one thing as difficult as unscrambling an egg, and that’s unspreading a rumor. — George Sweeting”
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“Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind. — Austin O’Malley”
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“Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Marcus Aurelius”
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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. — Benjamin Franklin, 17061790”
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“Time is money. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. — Theophrastus (d. 278 BC), From Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, bk. V, sec. 40”
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“Time is wasted because there is so much time available. — Timothy Ferriss”
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“Time will rust the sharpest sword. — Sir Walter Scott (17711832), Harold the Dauntless [1817], canto I, st. 4”
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“To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it. — G.K. Chesterton”
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