Life isn’t like a book. Life isn’t logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONWhen you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.
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Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
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That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
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We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
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