"Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth."

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Source : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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“Opposition to God and His Christ, opposition to light and truth has existed since the beginning to the present day. This is the warfare that commenced in heaven, that has existed through all time, and that will continue until the winding up scene, until He reigns whose right it is to reign, when He shall come in clouds of glory to reward every man according to the deeds done in the body.”

Source : Wilford Woodruff, Brian H. Stuy (1987). “Collected Discourses: 1886-1889”
“The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.”
“It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.”
“Worried about dry skin? Concerned about lines and wrinkles? Then visit a burns unit and get some perspective.”

Source : "The Micallef Program". Comedy, 1998–2001.
“The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.”
“Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design.”
“And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.”
“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!”

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