It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, … - Lord David Cecil

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The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

Lord David Cecil

It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

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Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.

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