What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.