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Monday, September 20, 2021

Mankind adores its betrayers, and other quotes

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“Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.” -- Taylor Caldwell

“Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; Eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.” -- Thomas Watson

“An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.” -- Taylor Caldwell

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.” --  Louis Pasteur

“A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.” -- Taylor Caldwell

“Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.” -- Augustine of Hippo

“Don’t let the past steal your present.” -- Taylor Caldwell

“I was a lost church member...I was sincere – just sincerely wrong. I was not out to fool anyone. I was the one being fooled.” -- Josh Buice

“Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.” -- Taylor Caldwell

“Worldliness is what makes sin look normal in any age and righteousness seem odd.” -- David F. Wells

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