"Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty."

-- Roger L'Estrange

#Pain Quotes #Lying Quotes #Grief Quotes

“Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.”
“Torture is abominable, things like ripping out someone's nails, or burning someone with a blowtorch. And those who practice it feel a certain power but it's suicidal. They will never get over what they've done. And it creates sadists.”
“You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets of the living God. Isaiah once spoke as follows, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee”
“I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.”
“All I want to know is where Iâ€™m going to die, so Iâ€™ll never go there”
“Once I thought ideas were exceptions not the rule. That is not so. Ideas are so plentiful that they ride on air. You have only to reach out and snatch one.”
“Economic freedom is ... an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom.”
“Most of the world around you doesn't read the Bible. So... God gives the world a living epistle- you.”

Source : Kay Arthur (2009). “As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments”, p.46, WaterBrook

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