It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

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I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.