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Category: religion

Posted on March 15, 2022

“To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.”—Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 1788-1860

Posted on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022

“The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.”—Hungarian Proverb

Posted on February 10, 2022

“If I die, I forgive you. If I recover, we will see.”—Spanish proverb

Posted on January 22, 2022January 21, 2022

“Miss not the discourse of the elders.”—Apocrypha

Posted on January 8, 2022

“The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.”—Marie de Deffand, French marquise, 1696-1780 (This was her remark on St. Denis’s miraculous walk of two miles with his head in his hands.)

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

“God is in the details.”—Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, 1886-1969

Posted on December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

“Anywhere is the center of the world.”—Black Elk, Native American holy man, 1863-1950 AD

Posted on November 28, 2021November 28, 2021

“Marriage is but a necessary evil.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC

Posted on November 7, 2021

“Beauty is the gift of God.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

“Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

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