"Morality is a private and costly luxury." — Henry Adams

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• I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine… — Mark Twain
• Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness. — Charles Caleb Colton
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• God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.. — Timothy Keller
• Drastic action can be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction. — Richard Neustadt
• You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry… — Charles Spurgeon

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