Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1957

Saturday, August 17, 1957

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"Men love to be encouraged by false hopes; the world is full of quack remedies for sin."
— J. Gresham Machen —
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— Catherine of Siena —
"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."
— Thomas Fuller —
"How would telling people to be nice to one another get a man crucified? What government would execute Mister Rodgers or Captain Kangaroo?"
— Philip Yancey —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "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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