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The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so
turpid as its source?
[It., read more
What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so
turpid as its source?
[It., Qual diverra quel fiume,
Nel lungo suo cammino,
Se al fonte ancor vicino
E torbido cosi?]
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are
defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but read more
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are
defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and
conscience is defiled.
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
