Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the … - John Ruskin

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I think anybody who tries to follow the conventional Hollywood rule, will probably be better liked than the ones who try to think a little bit out of the box.

John Ruskin

Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer.

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Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him.

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To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true.

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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

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Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.

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