"Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back."

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Source : Isaac Barrow, Thomas Smart Hughes (1831). “Works”, p.243

Isaac Barrow

#Retreat Quotes #Sin Quotes

“I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.”
“I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.”
“Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.”
“There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most precious.”
“Once the rudiments of loyalty are in place, the ambitious have been inclined to work with them to promote their own political advancement, and they have availed themselves of the symbols of loyalty to mobilize popular support for their own personal ends.”
“You're tough when you need to be, and you can charm the pants off men who have three times your experience. Well, yes. Although I try not to take advantage of that too often. Very awkward negotiating with people who are sitting around in their underwear.”
“One belief, more than any other, is responsible for the slaughter of individuals on the alter of the great historical ideas - justice or progress or happiness of future generations... or emancipation of a nation or race or class... this is the belief that somewhere... there is a final solution.”
“I want to feel whatâ€™s mine. Whatâ€™s always been mine.”

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