Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
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You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
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He who would valiant be against all disaster let him in constancy follow the Master. There's no discouragement shall make him once relent his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
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