"Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all."

-- Charles Spurgeon

#Hands Quotes #Grace Quotes #Mouths Quotes

“I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.”
“The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense.”
“Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.”
“Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished”
“I would never play in England in another shirt other than Arsenal's.”
“A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken.”
“I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground similar to that on which Egoists refuse to admit the axiom of Rational Benevolence. If the Utilitarian has to answer the question, 'Why should I sacrifice my own happiness for the greater happiness of another?' it must surely be admissible to ask the Egoist 'Why should I sacrifice a present pleasure for a greater one in the future? Why should I concern myself about my own future feelings any more than about the feelings of other persons?'”
“When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.”

Source : "The Exchange: Daniel Alarcón" by Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2009.

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