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The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O.


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A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.



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One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.



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Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!



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Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.



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It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.



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A woman is a foreign land.



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The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.



Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.



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The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.





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