I have read of a glass kept in an idol temple in Smyrna that would make beautiful things appear deformed, and deformed things appear… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth. — Ralph Venning Copy Share
Virtue and vice are both prophets; the first, of certain good; the second, of pain or else of penitence. — Ralph Venning Copy Share
Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies. Mercies are never so savoury as when they savour… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
“God would not allow Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden tree, even though it was good for food, pleasant to the eye… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
Seek that your last days may be your best days, and so you may die in a good old age, which may be best… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
The Hebrews have a saying that God is more delighted in adverbs than in nouns; it is not so much the matter that is… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
As a Christian should do no injuries to others, so he should forgive the injuries that others do to him. It is to be… — Ralph Venning Copy Share
