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The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
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?]
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.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
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Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict read more
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
