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“The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“It was manifest to me that there was something in the Roman Catholic religion which made the priests very dear to the people; for I doubt whether in any village in England, had such an accident happened to the rector, all the people would have roused themselves at midnight to wreak their vengeance on the assailant.”

People Made Doubt Happened England Catholic Dear Accidents Priests Village Manifest Midnight Vengeance Roman Catholic Catholic Religion

Author:Bill Vaughan

“There would be a blaze and a confusion, in which timid men would doubt whether the constitution would be burned to tinder or only illuminated; but that blaze and that confusion would be dear to Mr. Daubney if he could stand as the centre figure, the great pyrotechnist who did it all, red from head to foot with the glare of the squibs with which his own hands were filling all the spaces.”

Ifs Men Hands Would Be Space Doubt Feet Figures Red Constitution Dear Confusion Burned Centre Filling Glare Tinder

Author:Anthony Trollope

“The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.”

Wish Doubt Dear Inclination Dear Ones

Book:Mrs. McGinty's Dead

Source: Mrs. McGinty's Dead

“To all of us the thought of heaven is dear -Why not be sure of it and make it here?No doubt there is a heaven yonder too,But 'tis so far away - and you are near.Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here;Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here;Men of hereafters talk, and future lives,O love, there is no other life - but here.”

Men Heaven Hell Doubt Dear No Doubt Why Not Far Away Future Life

Author:Richard Le Gallienne

“There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.”

Language Doubt Tradition Dear Greek No Doubt Latin Handsome Ornaments Borrowing

Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“While forced to dwell apart from thy dear face, Love, robed like sorrow, led me by the hand And taught my doubting heart to understand That which has puzzled all the human race.”

Love Humans Heart Hands Faces Race Doubt Taught Sorrow Dear Human Race Heart Love Puzzled

Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)