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Hugh Blair Quotes: The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
         

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.


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Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.



Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.



It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.

It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.



What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.



Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.

Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.



Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.



Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.

Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.



Those who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.

Those who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.



To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.



Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.





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May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.

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Build your life in self-controlpurity, moderation in food and drink, and obedience to the will Divine. and you will have built well !!!!

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Isn't it time for you to stop your fears and doubts from standing in-between you and your true destiny in life?

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Every day, I find countless opportunities to decide whether I will obey God and demonstrate my love for Him or try to please myself or the world system. God is waiting for my choices.

Every day, I find countless opportunities to decide whether I will obey God and demonstrate my love for Him or try to please myself or the world system. God is waiting for my choices.



A person has to show some spirit -- fate just about never shines on chickenshits.

A person has to show some spirit -- fate just about never shines on chickenshits.



I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

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This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.

This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.



In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.




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