Keeping accounts, Sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You won't eat l...ess beef today, because you have written down what it cost yesterday.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks he has enough to ra...ise a large and stately edifice; but after he has arranged, compacted and polished, his work turns out to be a very small performance. The authour however like the builder, knows how much labour his work has cost him; and therefore estimates it at a higher rate than other people think it deserves,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of human...ity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know t...heir sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, ...but will proceed no further.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all ...that you undertake.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; for by your words you will ...be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to compl...ete it?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent T...heophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.... Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »