Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.
In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Joseph Campbell, Author (1904) |
Richard Dawkins, Scientist (1941) |
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Jon English, Musician (1949) |
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Katharine Lee Bates, Author (1929) |
James Callaghan, Leader (2005) |
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David Lloyd George, Statesman (1945) |