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For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.


John Milton

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CRISS JAMI Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.
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LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") Neither indulgence nor renunciation helps, only awareness can.
PRAVIN PRAJAPATI We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
ANNA BARBAULD We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Money is neither good nor evil,but good men makes money good & evil men makes money evil.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.
BILLY GRAHAM If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,...
FRANCIS QUARLES The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not,or, being willing to do so, cannot;or...
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JULIO RAMóN RIBEYRO Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, ...
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY What God does can neither be quantified by numbers nor qualified by words.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
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RICHARD DAWKINS Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so.
ERIN HUNTER Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses
VAUVENARGUES MARQUIS DE I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indee...
HANNAH ARENDT Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?Then he is not omnipotent.Is he able, but not willing?T...
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CHARLES STUDD Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
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HENRY MANNING Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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PHILIP BROWN Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing...
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A.E. HOUSMAN Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.
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Is he able, but not w...
EPICURUS Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ. We know l...
BLAISE PASCAL When God engages you, He neither takes you to an eatery nor an amusement park; instead, He takes you...
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SHANNON L. ALDER A man without happiness is neither good nor well.
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GEORGE BERKELEY For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free; even you may be the children of...
GEORGE WHITEFIELD And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.
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