Quotemeal: Dec. 10th, 1956

Monday, December 10, 1956

"Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."
— Barbara Johnson

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"Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them."
— Robert G. Ingersoll —
"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
— Winston Churchill —
"Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ."
— Blaise Pascal —
"Cure yourself of the condition of bothering about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has of you."
— Miguel de Unamuno —

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Illustration of Barbara Johnson — "Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."

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