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«A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.»
«Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.»
«I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: / Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.»
«A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: / To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.»
«He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.»
«God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged»
«For that is, and ever will be, the best of sayings: that the useful is the noble and the hurtful is the base»
«I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.»
«As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs, thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.»
Author: William Blake
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«His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript»