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Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.

Angels we have heard on high

Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plain,
And the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your...

The Night Before Christmas

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack....

The friendly beasts

Jesus our brother, kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable rude
And the friendly beasts around Him stood,
Jesus our brother, kind and good.

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
"I carried His mother up hill...

It came upon a midnight clear

It came upon a midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.
Peace on the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's all gracious King.
The world...

Here Is Joy For Every Age

Here is joy for every age,
Every generation;
Prince and peasant, chief and sage,
Every tongue and nation:
Every tongue and nation,
Every rank and station
Hath today salvation,
Alle Alleluia.

When the...

Love the one who loves you, even if he has nothing. Do not love the one who does not love you back, even if he is sultan in Egypt.

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear...

Who gets lost in the forest takes it out on who leads him back.

Your feet will take you away from home but your stomach will bring you back.

A good man never stays in the grave forever, he always has chance to come back.

No matter how tall a camel is, it will never get taller than the hair on its back.

Any dead fish can flow down the river but it takes a live one to swim back up stream.

The song sang by men when going to hunt is not the same song they sing when they come back.

No matter how big a child is, he cannot deny that he was once carried on the back of a woman.

Get what to lend out and at the same time how to demand it back, for payment might be a tussle.

When you chase a fellow man reserve the strength to switch you back when he recharges and turns.

The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.

If a man returns from a long journey and no one says welcome back to him he feels like one who has not arrived.

No matter how far you have walked in the wrong direction certainly you have to turn back and take the right direction.