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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator
Faith

"Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another."

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist
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"Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,--a creed ample enough for this life and the next."

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Khalil Gibran Poet, Writer
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"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist
Faith

"Faith is a homely, private capital; as there are public savings-banks and poor funds, out of which in times of want we can relieve the necessities of individuals, so here the faithful take their coin in peace."

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Jose Saramago Writer
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"The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith."

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Martin Luther Theologian
Faith

"Where faith is not continually kept in motion and exercised, it weakens and decreases, so that it must indeed vanish; and yet we do not see nor feel this weakness ourselves, except in times of need and temptation, when unbelief rages too strongly; and yet for that very reason faith must have temptations in which it may battle and grow."

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Martin Luther Theologian
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"Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works."

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