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• I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion… — Harold Brodkey
• He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. — John Bunyan
• Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed… — P.G. Wodehouse
• What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin… — John Updike
• If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when… — Saint John Chrysostom
• Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto. — Thomas Hobbes
• Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness...she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils.… — Seneca the Younger
• You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission… — Saint John Chrysostom
• He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it. — Pierre Charron
• But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to… — David Hume
• ...every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before… — Gregory Palamas
• If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

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