"I could have waited years, now that I……" — Graham Greene

I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of… - Graham Greene

"I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even look with charity towards the altar and the figure dangling there. She loves us both, I thought, but if there is to be a conflict between an image and a man, I know who will win. I could put my hand on her thigh or my mouth on her breast; he was imprisoned behind the altar and couldn't move to plead his cause."

— Graham Greene

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The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. — Felix Adler
Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to… — Annie Besant
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar… — Aeschylus
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both… — John Ruskin
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Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured… — Margaret Mary Alacoque
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. — Charles Spurgeon
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Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for… — Winston Churchill

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