"God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead……" — Richard Baxter
"God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will."
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- Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. — Matthew Arnold
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- Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the… — Anton Chekhov
- We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. — Winston Churchill
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- Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than… — Ivo Andric
- I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare… — Jean Reno
- Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut… — Samuel Hoffenstein
- An unsurpassed master of the art of laying bare the inmost core of spiritual truth. — Unknown Author
- The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward… — Aldo Leopold
- In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when… — Alexander Smith
- The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.… — Sun Tzu