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The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself. – Peter Abelard

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The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. – Peter Abelard

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It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. – Peter Abelard

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Twas Christmas broachd the mightiest ale; twas Christmas told the merriest tale; a Christmas gambol oft could cheer the poor mans heart through half the year. – Sir Walter Scott

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Call a truce, then, to our labors — let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if faint and forced the laughter, and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past. – Rudyard Kipling

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This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heavens eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring. – John Milton

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