"Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods."

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

#Thinking Quotes #Crowns Quotes #Benefits Quotes

“Words themselves are the intimate attire of thoughts and feelings.”

Source : Karen Elizabeth Gordon (1996). “The Red Shoes and Other Tattered Tales”
“A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging.”
“The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.”
“[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.”
“I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.”
“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.”

Source : Georges Bernanos (1955). “Last essays”
“For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.”

Source : John Tillotson (1685). “A Discourse Against Transubstantiation”, p.30
“The fading light is us, and we are, for a moment so brief (...) beautiful.”

Source : Gary Shteyngart (2010). “Super Sad True Love Story”, p.174, Granta Books

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