"The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow."

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Source : Francis ATTERBURY (Bishop of Rochester.) (1740). “Sermons and Discourses on several Subjects and Occasions”, p.67

Francis Atterbury

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“The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.”
“I like to read to my kids before bed. With my first two sons we went through every Wizard Of Oz book, every original, Frank Baum Oz book.”
“Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.”
“Any proposals for the future, while they should use to the full the experience gathered in the past, should not be restricted by consideration of sectional interests established in the obtaining of that experience. Now, when the war is abolishing landmarks of every kind, is the opportunity for using experience in a clear field. A revolutionary moment in the world's history is a time for revolutions, not for patching.”

Source : "Social Insurance and Allied Services". The "Beveridge Report" by William Beveridge (Part 1, 7), November 1942.
“Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children.”
“The ultimate sign of maturity is knowing just how immature you really are.”
“The Indwelling of Christ by faithis to have Jesus Christ continually in oneâ€™s eye, a habitual sight of Him. I call it so because a man actually does not always think of Christ; but as a man does not look up to the sun continually, yet he sees the light of it. So you should carry along and bear along in your eye the sight and knowledge of Christ, so that at least a presence of Him accompanies you, which faith makes.”
“Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. â€¦ What makes me different from the â€˜nazisâ€™ are basically three things; unlike them I am not socialistic (not even on a national level), I am not materialistic and I believe in (the ancient Scandinavian!) democracy,”

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