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Letter "D" » defers
«What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags - like a heavy lead»
«I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.»
«Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.»
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
(Philosopher)
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«I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.»
Author: Stephan Grellet
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Kindness
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«I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.»
Author: William Penn
(Founder)
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«Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT)»
«Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12).»
«He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his own»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Charity
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«Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.»
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