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6742fde The teaching of axioms should come after conveying the theory in a looser version. Ivor Grattan-Guinness
26fe59f Walls must get the weather stainBefore they grow the ivy. Ivy
89ed8b2 As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. Ivy
22ac034 Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken vine,The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join Ivy
06dfab7 Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd Ivy
2b68814 The great secretary of Nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon. Izaak Walton
d7229d9 God has two dwellings -- one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Izaak Walton
4ed1879 I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing. Izaak Walton
c1b2006 As the Italians say, Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter. Izaak Walton
26e4f0e I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle. Izaak Walton
ae41b3c It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man. Izaak Walton
8878d59 Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. Izaak Walton
473c4f9 Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good. Izaak Walton
b5a9e54 I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. Izaak Walton
9f08054 No man can lose what he never had. Izaak Walton
597c7ae Cited in Shui Wakashu (c. 1005). Izumi Shikibu
121ef82 Until the lion learns to write tales of hunting, we'll always glorify the hunter J Nozipo Mararire
1151896 On what a slippery slope ...international morality reposes. J. A. Hobson
e4a007a The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. J. B. Priestley
af1aa1c Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries. J. B. Priestley
ea49632 A man can afford to let himself go in a hen-house. J. B. Priestley
74fd6f0 Your mother knows no more about organization than a -- a prize rabbit. J. B. Priestley
af28073 Fifty years ago I seemed to myself older than other people assumed me to be; now I seem younger. J. B. Priestley
84fba10 An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument. J. B. S. Haldane
260e10f No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins. J. B. S. Haldane
c3454ca Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book. J. C. Ryle
b616c00 T]here is more to be learned at the foot of the cross than anywhere else in the world. J. C. Ryle
cd2a628 It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear. J. C. Ryle
a6d88d1 Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer. J. C. Ryle
055135a The heart is the part of man which God chiefly notices in religion. J. C. Ryle
51faebc It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home. J. C. Ryle
2b47fe1 The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving. J. C. Ryle
8d4c904 However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel. J. C. Ryle
962823f A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone. J. C. Ryle
78c88d8 The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone. J. C. Ryle
761a3f5 Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion. J. C. Ryle
ed86311 Wealth is no mark of God's favour. Poverty is no mark of God's displeasure. J. C. Ryle
8cee3c0 We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family-disease of all the children of Adam. J. C. Ryle
282a75d The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin. J. C. Ryle
5db310e The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom. J. C. Ryle
6174cfc So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man. J. C. Ryle
ccf079f Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer. J. C. Ryle
1fca023 The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God. J. C. Ryle
01f1a63 Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of every heresy. J. C. Ryle