"The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves."

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Source : Benjamin Whichcote, Anthony Tuckney (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney”, p.166

Benjamin Whichcote

#Work Quotes #Devil Quotes #Laziness Quotes

“Germ theory, which secularized infectious disease, had a side effect: it sacralized epidemiology.”

Source : "It's Spreading" by Jill Lepore, www.newyorker.com. June 1, 2009.
“Someday I will have to give an account of myself. How would the Father in Heaven judge me if I followed others and not Him?”
“If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.”
“Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they really are”
“The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.”
“The road to death is a lonely highway, and longer than it apears, even when it leads straight down from the scaffold, by way of a rope; and it's a dark road, with never any moon shining on it, to light your way.”
“The damage can fester under layers of time and change, and an ignorant, thoughtless remark can easily reopen the wound.”
“If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.”

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