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“The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.”

Book:Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day

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Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day

This book features a compilation of humorous essays and anecdotes by Josh Billings, a renowned American humorist, curated and presented by Donald Day. The content is drawn from Billings' observations and experiences, showcasing his distinctive New England wit and humor. more

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Josh Billings

Josh Billings, born on April 21, 1818, was a renowned American humorist. His works are known for their wit, humor, and satire, which have won the hearts of many readers. His life was full of legend, transitioning from a farmer to a writer, which became the theme of many stories. more

“Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be possible to understand one another? Is real communication possible if word and language betray us every time? Shall, in the end, only the language of tanks and guns prevail and not human reason and understanding?”

Ifs Men Should Humans Two Real Ends Reason Time Speak Language Understanding Communication Gun Ears Barriers Betray Nevertheless Tanks Being There Human Reason

Author:Joost Meerloo

“And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.”

Men Time Steps Gains Steady

Book:Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier

Source: Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier

“Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!"”

Giving Time Teeth Mary Epic Spares Rhyme

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.”

Knows Use Motivational Time Opportunity Know How Achieve Depends Amount Our Time

Book:Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

Source: Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

“The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.”

Men Used Time Lord Kings Understood Sat Sickness Halls

Book:The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State

Source: The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State

“Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.”

Thinking Feelings Time Influence Noble Submit Nobility Wasted Time

Author:John Ruskin

“It is eminently a weariable faculty, eminently delicate, and incapable of bearing fatigue; so that if we give it too many objects at a time to employ itself upon, or very grand ones for a long time together, it fails under the effort, becomes jaded, exactly as the limbs do by bodily fatigue, and incapable of answering any farther appeal till it has had rest.”

Ifs Giving Long Together Time Effort Failing Objects Failure Long Time Appeals Faculty Delicate Incapable Limbs Fatigue Jaded Time Together

Book:Modern Painters: pt. 4. Of many things

Source: Modern Painters: pt. 4. Of many things

“My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue!), A horrid chasm disclosed.”

Long Time Winter Fury Frost Chasms

Author:John Phillips

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