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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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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want…
— Pietro Aretino
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I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.
— Nicholas Breton
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These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories, all with…
— Stephen Crane
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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an…
— Washington Irving
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A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
— Emily Post
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Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,…
— William Cowper
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Man habitually sacrifices his life to his purse, but he sacrifices his purse to his vanity.
— Miguel de Unamuno
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Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country,…
— Benjamin Franklin
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