The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.

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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

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Pray, and let God worry.

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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I'll show you his god.

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I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

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