Quotemeal: Aug. 1st, 2006

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
— Samuel Johnson

More Quotemeal

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
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"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."

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Illustration of Samuel Johnson — "Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.