John Calvin Quotes
Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself.
Quotes to Explore
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric.
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I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
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I'm empty, here at the edge of the sky.
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I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!
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I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.
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I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.
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It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.
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Whenever I travel I like to keep the seat next to me empty. I found a great way to do it. When someone walks down the aisle and says to you, "Is someone sitting there?" just say, "No one except the Lord." Carol Leifer
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Sarah Palin is an empty vessel ready to be filled by ideology that she doesn't even understand, and that is really scary. Nothing is more frightening than an empty vessel in power.
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The tomb was empty-the greatest security breach of all time.Yet that event gives lasting security to all God's people.
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After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love.
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I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
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Empty, what was to stop vagrants, or even.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.
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It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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My son Cooper has just turned ten and the sarcasm fairy has already started to take up residence inside his body. Not only am I living with my mother - again! - but I've also got her mini-me to contend with.
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It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
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If you cannot have what you believe in you must believe in what you have.
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Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself.
