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“And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs”

Ifs May Three Secret Hair Sacred Stomach Swear

Author:Homer

“The Children's Justice Campaign reminds us of our sacred obligation as adults to raise ourselves into consciousness so that our children may thrive.”

May Children Justice Consciousness Adults Our Children Raises Sacred Campaigns Obligation Thrive

Author:Shefali Tsabary

“SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.”

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

“Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.”

Years May Safe Waste Sight Sacred Green Desert Islands Shelter Pauses Abode Isle

Book:The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]

Source: The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]

“When we hear complaints of the wretchedness or vanity of human life, the proper answer to them would be that there is hardly any one who at some point or other has not been in love. If we consider the high abstraction of this feeling, its depth, its purity, its voluptuous refinement, even in the meanest breast, how sacred and how sweet it is, this alone may reconcile us to the lot of humanity. That drop of balm turns the bitter cup to a delicious nectar.”

Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt