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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

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He that is jealous is not in love.

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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

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Hear the other side.

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I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, “I am not He, but He made me”.

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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. ''

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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

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Love is the beauty of the soul.

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Love, and do what you like.

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to...

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