"Prodigality is indeed the vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one; it comes of a weak craving for those blandishments of the world which are easily to be had for money, and which, when obtained, are as much worse than worthless as a harlot's love is worse than none."

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Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1853). “Notes from Life, in seven essays ... From the third London edition”, p.12

Henry Taylor

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“For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.”

Source : Arthur Peacocke (2004). “Evolution: The Disguised Friend of Faith?”, p.160, Templeton Foundation Press
“We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be.”

Source : John Powell (1990). “Will the Real Me, Please Stand Up?: Twenty-Five Guidelines for Good Communication”, Thomas More Association
“The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2007). “The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Communities do not let prostitutes, pedophiles, voyeurs, adulterers, and those who sexually prefer animals to publicly celebrate their lifestyles, so why should homosexuals get such privileges?”
“Somewhere along the line, many Americans relegated the media to a notch on the morality scale only slightly above that of child molesters.”
“Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights even when it seems that society would shove him into the scrap-heap.”
“I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.”
“The illusion of magic is an idealistic fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the spectator.”

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