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«The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it»
«This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.»
Author: Frank McKibben
| About:
Christmas
| Keywords:
anew, carol, carols, Christmas gift, receives, receiving, tinsel, wondrous
«The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
as such, benefactor, benefactors, crown, lentil, merits, raises, raising, receives, rewarded, The Crown
«There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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agriculture, cheating, commerce, conquered, continual, god of war, hand of God, industry, miracle man, neighbors, plundered, plundering, plunders, receives, robberies, robbery, Romans, the Romans, The Third, three-way, thrown, virtuous, war god, wherein, wrought
«The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
| About:
Change,
Creativity,
Harmony,
Work
| Keywords:
accord, creative work, furthers, perseveres, receives, transformation
«This is the way of it, wide world over,One is beloved, and one is the lover,One gives and the other receives.»
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
| Keywords:
receives
«War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.»
«Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
exceedingly, likewise, manual, minded, receives, simple-minded
«The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.»
«The sea all water, yet receives rain still,And in abundance addeth to his store,So thou being rich in will add to thy willOne will of mine to make thy large will more.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
abundance, add to, receives, rich in, store
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