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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, o

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. – Jane Austen

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. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen

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I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this persons God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they dont believe in God. – Amber Tamblyn

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Faith is never identical with piety. – Karl Barth

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That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. – Sri Aurobindo

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Im a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me. – Youssou NDour

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Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. – John Ruskin

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I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. – Pablo Neruda, quoted in Wall Street Journal,, 14 November 1985

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