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Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. – Francis Quarles

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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived. – Francis Quarles

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Fear
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Francis Quarles
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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles

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God
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He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream. – Proverb

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Wisdom

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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Wisdom

Im not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. – Maria Bartiromo

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Wisdom

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. – Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. – John Dryden

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If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesnt shoo them away – well, thats the height of romance. – Salma Hayek

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The term the American Left is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isnt really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. – Christopher Hitchens

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Im against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But its not just government bureaucrats. I dont like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either. – Gary Bauer

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