I think there's a difference between (a) offending people for its own sake, which I don't necessarily want to do, because some people are good and decent and it would be unkind to upset them simply to indulge my own self-importance, and (b) challengi...
God's Grace is greater than all our sins. Repentance is one of the Christian's highest privileges. A repentant Christian focuses on God's mercy and God's grace. Any moment in our lives when we bask in God's mercy and grace is our highest moment. High...
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Veget...
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
The success of a man is through the soles of his feet, that of a woman is from her legs.
When a man says yes, his chi [personal god] says yes also.
Man is like a banana: when he leaves the bunch, he gets skinned.
A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself.
If you open the eyes of a blind man he wants to go back to the darkness.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made perfect without trials.
A mans greatest shortcoming is that he neglects his own field and weeds that of others.
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven.
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
The man who comes with a talk about others has himself an ax to grind.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
When a man is crazy about a woman only she can cure him.
He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.
