"Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism,……" — Charles Caleb Colton

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• A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent… — Symeon the New Theologian
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• People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying… — Florence Nightingale
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