"What makes Existence really nice Is Virtue--with a dash of Vice."

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Source : Harry Graham (2016). “Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many”, p.15, The Floating Press

Harry Graham

#Nice Quotes #Vices Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“Willow trees are kind, Dear God. They will not bear a body on their limbs.”
“The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even be tempted to shut our minds and swallow a belief, ready-made, from some expert authority.”
“Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.”
“Godliness has 'promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.' But the only way one can enter into godliness is by turning to God as a repentant sinner and receiving the Saviour He has provided in the Gospel. Therefore the crying need of our degenerate times is for a revival of true old-fashioned, Christ- centered, Bible preaching that will call upon all men everywhere to repent in view of that coming day when God will judge the world in righteousness by His Risen Son.”
“Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.”
“There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.”
“Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon us are raising millions of dollars in fund appeals by Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization for Women, Norman Lear's People for the American Way, and others who claim to believe that the religious Right is the greatest peril to American democracy since Joe McCarthy.”

Source : Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington, D.C.) (1987). “Piety and politics: evangelicals and fundamentalists confront the world”, Ethics & Public Policy Center
“First comes the cash, then comes the ass, then come big blunts with chunks of hash.”

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