"For he, indeed, who looks into the face of a friend beholds, as it were, a copy of himself."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“For he who has died has been freed from sin...14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”
“The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon.”

Source : Robert Fortune “A Residence Among The Chinese”, Lulu.com
“I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.”
“Good politics are often inextricably intertwined.”
“Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. Amid the deepest shadow they pour overwhelming light on what is most manifest. Amid the wholly unsensed and unseen they completely fill our sightless minds with treasures beyond all beauty.”
“They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.”

Source : Charles Robert Maturin (1819). “Sermons”, p.262
“The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
“Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.”

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