"It is a great pity when the..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.
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“If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.”
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
“Feel for others - in your pocket”
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“We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.”
“Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing. I am one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the 'guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.”
“It is really the mistake of our age. We think it is enough to discover new things, but we don't realize that knowing more demands a corresponding development of morality.”