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«No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness»
Author: Matthew Henry | Keywords: attribute, holiness
«Never attribute to Devil-worshipping conspiracies what opportunism, emotional instability, and religious bigotry are sufficient to explain»
«I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.»
«My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.»
«Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.»
Author: Dorothy Parker (Poet, Writer) | About: Gratitude | Keywords: attribute, meanest
«A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic»
«I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits»
«As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Luck | Keywords: attribute, bad luck, smartness
«I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.»
«I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.»