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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and…
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
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However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it…
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race,…
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any…
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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst…
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Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or…
— Joseph Story
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In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we…
— Alfred Marshall
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The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God…
— John Calvin
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In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.
— Alfred Marshall
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Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be…
— Ambrose
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The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions and ideas become, after voluntary communication…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,…
— Salman Rushdie
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