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One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out…
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We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they…
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The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that…
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Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration…
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If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the…
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How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!
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You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.
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A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He…
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The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
— Cornelius Nepos
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The Negro. The South. These are details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of other…
— John Howard Griffin
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In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable…
— Saint Ignatius
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We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.
— Duke of Wellington
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I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my…
— Jimmy Connors
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I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar…
— Nina Simone
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Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal…
— Ambrose Bierce
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