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• The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.

  Christina Rossetti

  Humble, Men, Air

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.26, Delphi Classics

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• Western civilization has not yet learned the lesson that the energy we expend in 'getting things done' is less important than the moral strength it takes to decide what is worth doing and what is right to do.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Civilization, Priorities, Important

  Sydney J. Harris (1976). “Best of Sydney J. Harris”

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• Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.

  Richard Watson Gilder

  Mother, Heart, House

  Richard Watson Gilder (1903). “A Christmas Wreath”

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• We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will first cause us to fear and hate, knowing when we are in the grip of a great fear, we will abandon common sense and wisdom, we will forsake the hard-won lessons of time and experience.

  Philip Gulley

  Wise, Wisdom, Courage

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• Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.

  William Cowper

  Missing, Tales, Mates

  William Cowper (1858). “Works of Cowper and Thomson”, p.119

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• Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.

  Joel Salatin

  World, Way, Should

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• I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

  Howard Pyle

  Giving, Masters, Said

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• No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it.

  Peter McWilliams

  Stupid, Failure, Lessons To Be Learned

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

  Ben Harper

  Life Lesson, Boys, Discovery

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• I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.

  Geri Halliwell

  Singing, Shows, Plans

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• Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.

  Roland Allen

  Powerful, Believe, Teaching

  Roland Allen, David M. Paton (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.182, The Lutterworth Press

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• One of the lessons of 9/11 and (Hurricane) Katrina was 'communication, communication, communication, .. We don't want to have to say 'should have, could have, would have.'.

  Mufi Hannemann

  Communication, Should Have, Want

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• The lesson from Hurricane Katrina was communication, communication, communication, .. Public safety has to be a priority. Then we can go to constituents and start talking about investments that have to be made in upgrading the networks.

  Mufi Hannemann

  Communication, Talking, Safety

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• Some of the best lessons come from a bad day and there's a few we can learn from today.

  Greg Chappell

  Bad Day, Today, England

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• Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

  Michael Kimmelman

  Education, Art, Ordinary

  Michael Kimmelman (2005). “The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa”, Penguin Press HC

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• My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways.

  Sarah Orne Jewett

  Daughter, Fathers Day, Country

  Sarah Orne Jewett (2005). “The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction”, Barnes & Noble

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• He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"

  Joaquin Miller

  Adventure, World, Sail

  Joaquin Miller (1917). “The Building of the City Beautiful”

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• Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Dog, Humanity, Pet

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• All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, must be set aside, listening patiently, quietly and reverently to the lessons, one by one, which Mother Nature has to teach, shedding light on that which was before a mystery, so that all who will may see and know. She conveys her truths only to those who are passive and receptive.

  Luther Burbank

  Mother, Nature, Light

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• I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their hard lessons, moved by their high aspirations-have the will to meet the trials that these times impose.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Believe, People, Confusion

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.25, Best Books on

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• I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel. I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Christian, Fashion, Art

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• The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.

  Gary Player

  Player, Practice, Honest

  Gary Player (1962). “Golf Secrets”

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• Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is pure and sweet. Rear them, if possible, amid pleasant surroundings ... Let nature teach them the lessons of good and proper living, combined with an abundance of well-balanced nourishment. Those children will grow to be the best men and women. Put the best in them by contact with the best outside. They will absorb it as a plant absorbs the sunshine and the dew.

  Luther Burbank

  Sweet, Children, Sunshine

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• As I accepted the change of the golden hair of my childhood to the reddish-brown hair of my youth without regret, so I also accept my silver hair-and I am ready to accept the time when my hair and the rest of my clay garment returns to the dust from which it came, while my spirit goes on to freer living. It is the season for my hair to be silver, and each season has its lessons to teach. Each season of life is wonderful if you have learned the lessons of the season before. It is only when you go on with lessons unlearned that you wish for a return.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Regret, Dust, Hair

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• No Sierra landscape that I have seen holds anything truly dead or dull, or any trace of what in manufactories is called rubbish or waste; everything is perfectly clean and pure and full of divine lessons.

  John Muir

  Rubbish, Dull, Landscape

  John Muir (2011). “My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition”, p.104, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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