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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righ... - MORE All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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The Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People. The Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.

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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. - MORE The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

Francis Bacon

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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Francis Bacon

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I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them as... - MORE I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them as excellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I'm sure I have contributed to false values—as Stanley Woodward said, "Godding up those ballplayers."
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

Samuel Beckett

originality | Bible | writers and writing

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... no book ... ever competed with the Bible. The story of Ruth was better than Ramona, and the poetry of Job was better than Long... - MORE ... no book ... ever competed with the Bible. The story of Ruth was better than Ramona, and the poetry of Job was better than Longfellow. I still have my first big Bible, carefully underlined through with red and black ink, and interleafed [sic] with painfully written manuscript pages.... Margery and I earned our five cents a week for church and a penny for Sunday school by learning three verses of the Bible a day and six on Sunday. We learned dozens and dozens of chapters. I supposed "Evangeline" and "Hiawatha" were better poetry, but I didn't like them so well.

Ruth Benedict

Bible | reading | books

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Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.

Book Of Common Prayer, The

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There's a great text in Galatians,
Once you trip on it, entails... - MORE There's a great text in Galatians,
Once you trip on it, entails
Twenty-nine distinct damnations,
One sure, if another fails:

Robert Browning

Bible | damnation

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The Bible is good enough for me, just the old book under which I was brought up. I do not want notes or criticisms, or explanation... - MORE The Bible is good enough for me, just the old book under which I was brought up. I do not want notes or criticisms, or explanations about authorship or origins, or even cross- references. I do not need, or understand them, and they confuse me.

Grover Cleveland

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Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style. Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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