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“he allegedly told his host, “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea, but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.”
― Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
― Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
“Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised.”
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“Slippery use of the word “privilege” is part of a vogue of calling achievements “privileges”—a vogue which extends far beyond educational issues, spreading a toxic confusion in many other aspects of life.”
― Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
― Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
“For even souls, in their very sins, strive after nothing else but some kind of likeness of God,”
― The Complete Works of Saint Augustine: The Confessions, On Grace and Free Will, The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, Expositions on the Book Of Psalms, ...
― The Complete Works of Saint Augustine: The Confessions, On Grace and Free Will, The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, Expositions on the Book Of Psalms, ...
“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
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