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‘Good Things Come to Those Who Wait’: The Virtue of Patience

In an earlier era, it was considered one of the highest virtues.
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Memorializing the Fellah Woman

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Mice, Men, and Farming: ‘The Best Laid Plans ... Often Go Awry’
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Mice, Men, and Farming: ‘The Best Laid Plans ... Often Go Awry’

The saying, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” helps us remember that we are not ultimately the ones in control.
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The Wisdom of Mending Things Sooner Rather Than Later

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‘Good Things Come to Those Who Wait’: The Virtue of Patience

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In an earlier era, it was considered one of the highest virtues.
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The simplest approach to finding something is often the best and most effective.
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Memorializing the Fellah Woman

Léon Bonnat’s intimate scene of a peasant woman captures the values and sentiments of a dwindling way of life during Egypt’s expansion.
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The French Loire Valley’s Cheverny Castle

The French Loire Valley’s Cheverny Castle

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Booth Tarkington’s Short Story, ‘The Spring Concert’

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A 19th-century author reminds us of the radiating warmth of spring.
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Mice, Men, and Farming: ‘The Best Laid Plans ... Often Go Awry’

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The saying, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” helps us remember that we are not ultimately the ones in control.
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Chaucer, Longfellow, and the Tradition of Storytelling

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Two classic poets tell grand tales while stopping at inns.
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This proverb’s universal message can inspire us to look at life a little differently.
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The Wisdom of Mending Things Sooner Rather Than Later

The Wisdom of Mending Things Sooner Rather Than Later

Where does the saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ come from?
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From Aesop’s fables to a tale from Mississippi, this proverb deserves another turn.
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