"The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory."

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Source : Gilbert Burnet, Sir Thomas Burnet (1734). “Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time ...: From the revolution to the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the reign of Queen Anne. To which is added, the author's life, by the editor”, p.658

Gilbert Burnet

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“When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.”
“I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.”

Source : "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Book by John Foxe, March 20, 1563.
“I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.”
“There was about six months when I was absorbing other stuff and not drawing very much. After a long period of not drawing, you have to, like, relearn how to draw. It's not very fun.”
“Jesus stands absolutely alone in history; in teaching, in example, in character, an exception, a marvel, and He is Himself the evidence of Christianity.”

Source : Arthur Tappan Pierson (1886). “Many Infallible Proofs: A Series of Chapters on the Evidences of Christianity, Or, The Written and Living Word of God”
“I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.”

Source : "Skylar Grey on Her New Album, Eminem's Mystique and Why She Almost Quit Music (Q&A)". Interview with Steve Baltin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 9, 2013.
“The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.”
“The Consul felt a pang. Ah, to have a horse, and gallop away, singing, to someone you loved perhaps, into the heart of all the simplicity and peace in the world; was that not like the opportunity afforded man by life itself? Of course not. Still, just for a moment, it had seemed that it was.”

Source : Malcolm Lowry (2012). “Under the Volcano: A Novel”, p.280, Open Road Media

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