"Twas Beauty that killed the beast!"

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"Spurgeon at CCEL; All of Grace at CCEL; Downloads page at CCEL"

— Charles Spurgeon

theology1834–1892

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"“He was accordingly born during the Tretã Yuga on the ninth of the light half of the month of Chaitra in the city of Ayodhya, of Kausalya, wife of Rãjã Daśaratha. At the first dawn of intelligence, he…"

— Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

Politics1551–1602

#life

"Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, t…"

— James Baldwin

Literature1924–1987

#death

"It is normal to hate what we fear, and it happens frequently, though not always, that we fear what we hate. I think it may be taken as the rule among primitive men, that they both fear and hate whatev…"

— Bertrand Russell

Philosophy1872–1970

#friendship