mefi quote, no. 35

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. (Isaiah 16:11)
The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all. - H. L. Mencken
Proverbs 27:14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
"Then Nathan said to David, 'You are the man!'" -- Samuel 12:7

I have always been enamored by Tacitus's description of the Romans' victory over Britain: "They made a desolation, and called it peace."
posted by Mr. Justice at 7:23 AM on May 15

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp.
Or what's a heaven for?" Andrea del Sarto
--  Robert Browning
posted by rdone at 2:41 AM PST on October 28

That’s what Edmund Burke meant when he said the standard for anyone in governance should be “a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve.”
posted by Smedleyman at 1:40 PM PST on March 16

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