Donald Justice famous quotes
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Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.
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There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.
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How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?
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The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave him out of the scene forever.
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Soon the purple dark must bruise Lily and bleeding-heart and rose, And the little Cupid lose Eyes and ears and chin and nose
-- Donald Justice
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I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.
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Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.
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God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.
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I do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe there are fairies, goblins or sprites, and these reasons should be obvious to anyone over the age of ten.
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