Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

Cashier: 'Have a nice day.' Me: 'Don't tell me what to do.'

Cashier: 'Have a nice day.' Me: 'Don't tell me what to do.'

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of...

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of...