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- Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
- God gives us always strength enough, and sense enough, for everything He wants us to do.
- In my house there is no attempt whatever to secure harmonies of colour, or form, or furniture.... I am entirely independent for daily happiness upon…
- In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are…
- I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell me it is…
- The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did…
- No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.
- Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want…
- He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
- He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue
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