"Moral prejudices are the stopgaps of virtue; and, as is the case with other stopgaps, it is often more difficult to get either out or in through them than through any other part of the fence."

-- Augustus William Hare

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“The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.”
“All archaeologists in Israel and Palestine make use of the New Testament Gospels. They do this because the Gospels exhibit verisimilitude. In short, the Gospels help archaeologists know where to dig and they help archaeologists understand what they unearth. The 2nd-century Gospels and Gospel-like writings rarely exhibit verisimilitude, so archaeologists rarely appeal to them.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.”
“It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box”
“You are the noblest, purest creature I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered.”
“When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick ***** for they crumbs.”

Source : Song: The Robbery Song, 1996
“Lucky for me, as old as I am, I can still change.”
“Do you become in visible?' 'No. I'm there, if you know how to look. I stand between the place you look at and the place you see. Behind what you expect to see. If you expect to see me, you do. I listen in places where no one expects me to be.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (2005). “Alphabet Of Thorn”, p.54, Penguin

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