Quote by Irving Babbitt
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. – Irving Babbitt

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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt

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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. – Irving Babbitt

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Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race we kept them free we kept the faith. – Ronald Reagan

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No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. – Marquis de Sade

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Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. – Herbert Croly

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Were telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story. – Bradley Whitford

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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. – Moliere

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I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you. – Faith Evans

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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. – Marcus Aurelius

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Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible that too was refused by his inhuman jailer. – William Hull

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