Alas Quote by John Newton

“How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present!”

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God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.

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Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years

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Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.

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A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us.

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If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.

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Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished.

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Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children.

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Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound…

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Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.

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Sensible Catholics have for generations been ignoring the views on contraception held by reactionary old men in the Vatican, but alas, since it is…

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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still…

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The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden…

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“World is so beautiful, but alas! There are so many assholes.”

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