Verily Quotes
92 quotes by 67 authors
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
— Abu Bakr
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Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.
— Abu Bakr
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily,…
— Laozi
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When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went along there were…
— Dorothy Wordsworth
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
— Saadi
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Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.
— Gelett Burgess
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All Science is necessarily prophetic, so truly so, that the power of prophecy is the test, the infallible criterion, by which any presumed Science is…
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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If there is anything that can bind the heavenly mind of man to this dreary exile of our earthly home and can reconcile us with…
— Johannes Kepler
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All Chaos was once yer kingdom; verily, held ye dominion over the entire Pentaverse, but today ye was sore afraid in dark coners, nooks, and…
— Robert Anton Wilson
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Verily, the word of Allah teaches us, and we implicitly believe it, that for a Muslim to kill a Jew, or for him to be…
— Ibn Saud
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Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my hold priesthood,…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard it called, so it verily…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
— John the Apostle
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Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the…
— Khalil Gibran
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Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good…
— Ibn Taymiyyah
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Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.
— Delbert L. Stapley
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Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would…
— John of Salisbury
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Verily, God is Compassionate and is fond of compassion, and He gives to the compassionate what He does not give to the harsh.
— Muhammad
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Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.
— Theocritus
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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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