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“Bring the little ones to Christ. Lord Jesus, we bring them today, the children of our Sunday-schools, of our churches, of the streets. Here they are; they wait Thy benediction. The prayer of Jacob for his sons shall be my prayer while I live, and when I die: The angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads.”
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 571), 1895.
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“When Diogenes came to Olympia and perceived some Rhodian youths dressed with great splendor and magnificence, he said with a smile of contempt, "This is all arrogance." Afterwards some Lacedemonians came in his way, as mean and as sordid in their attire as the dress of the others was rich. "This," said he, "is also arrogance.”
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“I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion.”
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“I realised that to compare your insides with other people's outsides leads to unhappiness.”
Source : "Portrait of the artist: Marcus Brigstocke, comedian". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2007.
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“you boys can keep your virgins give me hot old women in high heels with ***** that forgot to get old.”
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“Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens one's perception of the creation of the world, while travel extends one's field of vision.”
Source : "The Destiny of Doris: A Travel-story of Three Continents" by Julius Chambers, (Preface), 1914.
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“Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.”
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“You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense of profound catharsis. Essentially it's celebratory.”