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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and an

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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Reputation
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Samuel Johnson
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The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue. – Samuel Johnson

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Observation
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Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. – Harvey Cox

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Evangelism

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. – Samuel Johnson

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He preaches well that lives well. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Evangelism

Id rather see a sermon than hear one any day; Id rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eyes a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but examples always clear. – Edgar A. Guest

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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. – Malcolm de Chazal

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Humankind

When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared…. To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

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Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. – George Whitefield

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