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Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.


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That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.

That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.



Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.



Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.

Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.



The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.

The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.



You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.

You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.



What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.

What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.



That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.



Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.



Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!

Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!



Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!





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She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.



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To find your way you must first take the steps



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A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.



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I'm alive and I'm going to keep standing up for what I believe in. Once you get to that point, boy you are dangerous.



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Now is the time for everyone who believes in the rule of reason to speak up against pathological science and its purveyors.



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As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football.



There hasn't been anybody else write a Constitution like Madison. There just hasn't been, because that person hasn't existed anywhere but here.

There hasn't been anybody else write a Constitution like Madison. There just hasn't been, because that person hasn't existed anywhere but here.



Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.

Live according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.



People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.

People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.



Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself

Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself




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