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“He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope. He said:— "Have a care of the manner in which you turn towards the dead. Think not of that which perishes. Gaze steadily. You will perceive the living light of your well-beloved dead in the depths of heaven.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.”
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“Stay calm and do not flee from Him who has been seeking you before you even existed in your mother’s womb.”
― Kristin Lavransdatter
― Kristin Lavransdatter
“Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.”
― The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings
― The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings
“Professor F. F. Bruce sums up the situation: A man might have a mistress (hetaira) who could provide him also with intellectual companionship; the institution of slavery made it easy for him to have a concubine (pallakē), while casual gratification was readily available from a harlot (pornē). The function of his wife was to manage his household and to be the mother of his legitimate children and heirs.14”
― The Message of 1 and 2 Thessalonians
― The Message of 1 and 2 Thessalonians
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