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Prodigal Quotes

It ratified a theory of mine that great writing could sneak up on you, master of a thousand disguises: prodigal kinsman, messenger boy, class clown, commander of artillery, altar boy, lace maker, exiled king, peacemaker, or moon goddess Picture Quote #1

And keep you in the rear of your affection,Out of the shot and danger of desire,The chariest maid is prodigal enoughIf she unmasks her beauty to the moon Picture Quote #1

Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail.Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn Picture Quote #1

Ours is a religion jealous in its demands, but how infinitely prodigal in its gifts! It troubles you for an hour, it repays you by immortality Picture Quote #1

Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows Picture Quote #1

The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon. Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. The canker galls the infants of the spring too oft before their buttons be disclosed, and in the morn and liquid dew of youth contagious blastments are most imminent Picture Quote #1

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Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little Picture Quote #1

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope Picture Quote #1

Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate Picture Quote #1

Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly fuel and excellent fertilizer, but also the complete destruction of physical historical data. On the other hand, the custom of embalming and mummification is most praiseworthy and highly to be recommended Picture Quote #1

There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens Picture Quote #1

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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen Picture Quote #1

We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted...So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life Picture Quote #1

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle Picture Quote #1

Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things Picture Quote #1

Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses Picture Quote #1

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift Picture Quote #1

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Mankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice Picture Quote #1

Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal Picture Quote #1

One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of the old Picture Quote #1

W. S. Plumer said,

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found Picture Quote #1

To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better Picture Quote #1

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... prodigal summer, the season of extravagant procreation. It could wear out everything in its path with its passionate excesses, but nothing alive with wings or a heart or a seed curled into itself in the ground could resist welcoming it back when it came Picture Quote #1

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It ratified a theory of mine that great writing could sneak up on you, master of a thousand disguises: prodigal kinsman, messenger boy, class clown, commander of artillery, altar boy, lace maker, exiled king, peacemaker, or moon goddess. (Prodigal Quotes) And keep you in the rear of your affection,Out of the shot and danger of desire,The chariest maid is prodigal enoughIf she unmasks her beauty to the moon. (Prodigal Quotes) Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail.Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn (Prodigal Quotes) Ours is a religion jealous in its demands, but how infinitely prodigal in its gifts! It troubles you for an hour, it repays you by immortality (Prodigal Quotes) Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows (Prodigal Quotes) The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon. Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. The canker galls the infants of the spring too oft before their buttons be disclosed, and in the morn and liquid dew of youth contagious blastments are most imminent (Prodigal Quotes) Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little (Prodigal Quotes) Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope (Prodigal Quotes) Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate (Prodigal Quotes) Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate (Prodigal Quotes) Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly fuel and excellent fertilizer, but also the complete destruction of physical historical data. On the other hand, the custom of embalming and mummification is most praiseworthy and highly to be recommended (Prodigal Quotes) There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens (Prodigal Quotes) For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen (Prodigal Quotes) We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted...So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life (Prodigal Quotes) Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle (Prodigal Quotes) Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things (Prodigal Quotes) Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses (Prodigal Quotes) When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift (Prodigal Quotes) Mankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice (Prodigal Quotes) Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal (Prodigal Quotes) One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of the old (Prodigal Quotes) W. S. Plumer said, "We never see sin aright until we see it as against God.... All sin is against God in this sense: that it is His law that is broken, His authority that is despised, His government that is set at naught.... Pharaoh and Balaam, Saul and Judas each said, `I have sinned' but the returning prodigal said, `I have sinned against heaven and before thee' and David said, `Against Thee, Thee only have I sinned (Prodigal Quotes) I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found (Prodigal Quotes) To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better (Prodigal Quotes) ... prodigal summer, the season of extravagant procreation. It could wear out everything in its path with its passionate excesses, but nothing alive with wings or a heart or a seed curled into itself in the ground could resist welcoming it back when it came (Prodigal Quotes)

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