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Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.

Better dry bread in peacetime than meat in wartime.

Be peaceful yet vigilant -- a sheep will bite someone without a stick.

No matter who succeeds or fails, the peacemaker will always suffer.

No matter who comes off well, the peacemaker is sure to come off ill.

You must not tell all that you know, nor judge all that you see, if you would live in peace.

Love yourself; get outside yourself and take action. Focus on the solution; be at peace.

One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace.

Neither trust or contend, nor lay wagers or lend, and you'll have peace to your end.

Tasty food, plenty of food, food in the right time - and peace at mealtimes.

An overbearing wife and a shouting husband will never be in peace.

In fair weather, in calm waters and in peaceful travel, even a coachman knows how to sail.

Tell not all you know, nor judge of all you see, if you would live in peace.

The peacemaker dies, while the fighters survive.

It is better that trials come to you in the beginning and you find peace afterwards than that they come to you at the end.

O little town of bethlehem:

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie.
Above they deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.


Yet in the dark streets shineth,
The everlasting light,
The hopes and fears of all...

Home sweet home:

Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble,
There's no place like home.
A charm from the skies
Seems to hallow us there,
Which seek thro' the world,
Is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home,...

Do you hear what I hear

Said the night wind to the little lamb,
Do you see what I see, way up in the sky, little lamb?
Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night,
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a...

Jesu, joy of man's desiring

Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright.
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring,
Soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving...

House protecting: God, bless the world and all that is therein

House protecting

God, bless the world and all that is therein.
God, bless my spouse and my children,
God, bless the eye that is in my head,
And bless, O God, the handling of my hand;
What time I rise in the morning early,
What time I...