"For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."
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"The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things."
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"Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all."
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"Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light."
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"Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams."
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"Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here."
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"If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man."
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"Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them."
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"When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride."
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"To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine."
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"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks."
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"Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood."
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"Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home."
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"Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all."
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"Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God."
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"Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear."
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"I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold"
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"When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy."
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"How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen."
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"And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two."
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