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«The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it»
«The American cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a great lawn at the edge of the sea, white marble crosses and Stars of David against an open horizon. very American in the best sense: no phony piety, simple, easy.»
Author: John Vinocur
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
cemetery, crosses, David, Laurent, lawn, phony, piety, Saint Laurent, Sur, White Sea
«Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot»
«This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.»
Author: William Law
| Keywords:
conformed, conforming, conforms, devotion, enjoyments, heavenly, holiness, piety, temper, turning, universal, worldly
«We are plated with piety, not alloyed with it»
«Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
| Keywords:
guise, mistaken, persecution, piety, religious persecution, shield, zealous
«When the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of your fathers move you»
«TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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anniversaries, anniversary, attest, attested, attesting, attests, incidentally, piety, turkey
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