"All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished."
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"Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet."
"When He send, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them."
"Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love."
"Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath."
"The best prophet is common sense, our native wit."
"I've studied various schools of thought ... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times ..."
"The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right."
"Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed."
"Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]"
"The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself."
"The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains."
"I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe"
"Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah."
"I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet."
"I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets.""
"Common sense is the best prophet."
"A day of minor profit or prophet led to a night of drunkenness."
"I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet."
"Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us."