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Quote by Leonard Cohen
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be mor

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. – Leonard Cohen

Other quotes by Leonard Cohen

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Hurt, Injury
Author
Leonard Cohen
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To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nations sweetest dreams of itself. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Dreams
Author
Leonard Cohen
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Other Quotes from
Faith
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I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism. – Francois Hollande

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Faith

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies. – George Whitefield

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Faith

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. – George Washington

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Faith

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. – Tertullian

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Faith

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You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but Im learning. – Diahann Carroll

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Learning

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. Leviticus 19:11 – Bible

Category:
Honesty
[D]reams, and predictions of astrology…. ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside. – Francis Bacon, "Of Prophecies"

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Astrology

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy. – Bill Gates

Category:
design