"The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains."

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Source : Thomas Watson (1692). “A Body of Practical Divinity: Consisting of Above 176 Sermons on the Lesser Catechism”, p.568

Thomas Watson

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“The grey is certainly inspired by the photo-paintings, and, of course, it's related to the fact that I think grey is an important colour - the ideal colour for indifference, fence-sitting, keeping quiet, despair. In other words, for states of being and situations that affect one, and for which one would like to find a visual expression.”
“Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.”
“War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.”
“We don't really know who killed Martin Luther King. We don't really know who killed Bobby Kennedy. We don't really know who killed John Kennedy. We don't really know who killed Tupac Shakur.”
“In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.”
“I eat healthy most of the time, but I love chocolate. I can't help it!”
“And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.”
“You have many years to live do things you will be proud to remember when you're old.”

Source : John Brunner (2013). “Stand On Zanzibar”, p.272, Hachette UK

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