"Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow."

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Source : Maria W. Stewart, Marilyn Richardson (1987). “Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches”, p.116, Indiana University Press

Maria W. Stewart

“I do love the past but wouldnt want to live in it.”
“Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.”

Source : J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.104, Ravenio Books
“I, a woman, find wearing high heels agreeable only on the very rare occasion that (1) I will be ferried between destinations upon a palanquin or (2) I am going to a cocktail party and, at five feet two, don't want to spend the evening discussing the latest movies with somebody's nipples.”

Source : "Sole Mate" by Lauren Collins, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.
“A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.”
“If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.”
“How hard, how desperately hard, is the way of the experimenter in art!”
“The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.”
“I'm the most underrated, most hated, greatest of all time. I constantly have people who quit their jobs just to go on the internet and try to stop me at any and all costs. People flag my videos thousands of times.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 2, 2012.

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