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> [Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rollo-may/good-art-wounds-as-well-as-delights-it-must-because-our-defenses/)

[Rollo May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rollo-may/)

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> [Do not despair, dear heart, but come to the Lord with all your jagged wounds, black bruises, and running sores. He alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/do-not-despair-dear-heart-but-come-to-the-lord-with-all-your-jagged/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-cervantes/men-of-great-talents-whether-poets-or-historians-seldom-escape-the/)

[Miguel de Cervantes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-cervantes/)

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> [The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-cary/the-fear-of-hell-the-punishment-of-sin-how-the-modern-parent-revolts/)

[Joyce Cary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-cary/)

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> [The evidence of our acceptance in the Beloved rises in proportion to our love, to our repentance, to our humility, to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardiner-spring/the-evidence-of-our-acceptance-in-the-beloved-rises-in-proportion-to/)

[Gardiner Spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gardiner-spring/)

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> [When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/when-we-gather-for-worship-whether-with-a-handful-in-a-storefront/)

[David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/)

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> [“I thought ... that I was carried in the will of Him I love, but now I see that I walk with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/i-thought-that-i-was-carried-in-the-will-of-him-i-love-but-now-i-see/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-sergeant-angell-white/consider-the-many-special-delights-a-lawn-affords-soft-mattress-for-a/)

[Katharine Sergeant Angell White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-sergeant-angell-white/)

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> [Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/let-the-children-have-their-night-of-fun-and-laughter-let-the-gifts-2/)

[David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/)

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> [ “Among the many things that I showed Sir John \[Herschel\] while at Hammerfield, was a piece of white calico on which I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nasmyth/among-the-many-things-that-i-showed-sir-john-herschel-while-at/)

[James Nasmyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nasmyth/)

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> [I don't think anyone 'finds' joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawna-markova/i-don-t-think-anyone-finds-joy-rather-we-cultivate-it-by-searching/)

[Dawna Markova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawna-markova/)

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> [But the fact is that when wine is taken in moderation, it gives rise to a large amount of breath, whose character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avicenna/but-the-fact-is-that-when-wine-is-taken-in-moderation-it-gives-rise/)

[Avicenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avicenna/)

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