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Letter "S" » saints
«There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.»
«There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.»
Author: Pamela Hansford Johnson
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«They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...»
«That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell»
«Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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«Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head»