"The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own."

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Source : Charles Churchill (1779). “The Poetical Works of Cha. Churchill in Three Volumes: With the Life of the Author”, p.105

Charles Churchill

#Religion Quotes #Saint Quotes #Mercy Quotes

“It is proper to the role of the scientist that he not merely find new truth and communicate it to his fellows, but that he teach, that he try to bring the most honest and intelligible account of new knowledge to all who will try to learn.”
“I'm sick of the pussies on the right, if I can use that word, they're pathetic. The poll-tested, Republican strategist driven candidate whose job is to try and not get into a battle with the mainstream media and be liked by Katie Couric is a threat to America. It's a clear and present danger to a country that's in steep peril.”

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“I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like a part and personally, I love to watch comedies. If you don't get to do what you like to watch you get frustrated.”
“Like all idolatries, democratism substitutes a false god for the real, a love of process for a love of country.”
“Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad.”
“To care for another person, in the most significant sense, is to help him grow and actualize himself.”
“I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.”
“We live a dying dream / If you know what I mean”

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