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Pride in office without competence is as much a sin as competence without confidence.
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It is a foolish judge who, before the evidence is presented, makes a judgement.
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The person who has never made an enemy will never make a friend.
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friendship
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We are a people who question all things and only through our questions can we hope to arrive at the Great Truth and we must stand by the Truth even if we stand against the world.
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Peter Tremayne |
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We all have a memory and can memorise things. The more important thing is how we act on that which we know.
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Peter Tremayne |
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The reason was not hard to discern. The head of the body was also shaven with the tonsure of Columba. What remained of his clothing proclaimed it to have once consisted of the habit of a religieux, though there was no sign of the crucifix, leather belt and satchel that a peregrinus pro Christo would have carried. The leading traveller had drawn near on his mule and gazed up with a terrified expression on his white features. Another of the p..
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The young woman continued to frown, displaying her irritation. 'You would continue on and leave one of our brethren in this manner? Unblessed and unburied?' Her voice was sharp and angry.
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Peter Tremayne |
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Two centuries ago, a New Faith came to this land. Many found it an alien creed. Others merged it in with the old ideas and values. But in that interval, between the decaying and disappearance of the Old Faith and the formation and establishment of the New Faith, there was always a period of danger. Some people would become uncertain; others confused or even frightened. Emerging on both sides, there could be a wild fanaticism as each tried t..
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I have done everything that you have asked, Brother Saxon,' he told Eadulf. 'Brother Madagan has regained consciousness but is weak. Abbot Segdae has also recovered and is trying to organise the brethren to face our enemies with more discipline.' He glanced rather shamefaced at Fidelma. 'We did not acquit ourselves well at the gate when the warrior came, Sister. For that I must apologise.' Fidelma was forgiving. 'You are Brothers of the Fai..
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lus mor na coille.
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Peter Tremayne |
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Fear binds people together in a way that cannot be achieved by other means. Those who would convert the people back to the old ways need fear, need something that will drive
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Why should I hide That he is still my heart's desire More than all the world. A furnace blast Of love has melted my heart Without his love, it can beat no more.
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Peter Tremayne |
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If people are forced to suppress the emotion of love for their fellow human beings then they certainly can't have love for anything else, including God.
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Sister Fidelma raised an eyebrow. 'The beggar seems to be one of our countrymen, Mother Abbess,' she said. The Abbess Etain moved forward to join her. 'A beggar. They suffer greatly from the arrogance of a crowd.' 'But listen to what he says.' The two women strained to catch the rasping tones of the beggar. The voice was raised loudly. 'I tell you, tomorrow the sun shall be blotted from the heavens and when that time comes there shall be bl..
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Peter Tremayne |
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Beliefs are things to be cherished but we cannot be intolerant of others whose beliefs we disagree with. That intolerance can lead to war and even murder.
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Peter Tremayne |
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For those who are sceptical about such events as the wives of clerics and other religious being sold into slavery with the sanction of Rome, I have to point out the following: during the time of Pope Leo IX (1049-54), the pontiff did sanction the rounding up of the wives of priests to become slaves in the Lateran Palace. Moreover, it was when Urban II (1088-99) was elected to the papacy that he reinforced celibacy not only by decree but als..
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Peter Tremayne |
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I have need of a knife to cut our brother down,' she explained. 'We must pray for his soul and accord him a Christian burial.' The others cast uneasy glances at each other.
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Half-a-dozen men had emerged on foot from the woods on the far side of the road. They were led by a man mounted on a horse - a burly man with long unkempt hair curling from underneath a polished bronze helmet and merging into a great bushy black beard. He wore a burnished breastplate and carried himself with some authority. His companions, clustered behind him, carried an assortment of weaponry, mostly staffs and bows with arrows strung but..
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Is not a book of more value than metal?' asked Cumscrad. 'It is the fruit of a person's brain and contains knowledge and ideas; it has power greater than gold because knowledge and ideas can change people.
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