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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.

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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Fire Food
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
Patience is God’s nature.
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God Nature One Liner Patience Religious
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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Dog God Sarcastic Truth
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Nature Soul Teaching
The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Blood Christian Seed
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion
I believe because it is absurd.
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Believe Myself
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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Conquer God Prayer
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
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Enough God Men Reveal
The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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Nature Poet Rumor
The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Deep Present
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
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Apperance Blind Easy Kind
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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God Money
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline One Liner
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument

The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.

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