Quotemeal: Aug. 1st, 1958

Friday, August 1, 1958

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

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"Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway."
— Carlton Pearson —
"For pity melts the mind to love."
— John Dryden —
"In the New Testament it is the work and not the workers that is glorified."
— Alfred Plummer —
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
— C. S. Lewis —

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

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