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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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God loveth a cheerful giver.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 9:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 9:7).

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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

Apostle Paul

Romans 3:23

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 3:23).

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Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 1:20

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 1:20).

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Get thee behind me, Satan.

Jesus

Matthew 16:23

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:23).

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Is the dwelling place of God anywhere but in the earth and sea, the air and sky, and virtue? Why seek we further for deities? Whatever you see, whatever you touch, that is Jupiter.

Lucan

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Pharsalia

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Lucan. Pharsalia, or De Bello Civili. c. 65, bk. 9, l. 578-580.

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Lucan. Civil War, translated by Matthew Fox. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 9, l. 578-580.

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The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.

Jesus

Matthew 9:37

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 9:37).

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I was blind but now I see!

John 9:25

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (John 9:25).

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Jesus

Matthew 6:21

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:21).

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Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

1st Timothy 1:15

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 1:15).

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Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.

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John 8:7

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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.

Ephesians 5:25

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Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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Matthew 5:9

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Hebrews 11:1).

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What must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:30

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 16:30).

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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2nd Timothy 4:7

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (2nd Timothy 4:7).

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Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Jesus

Luke 23:43

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And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.

Colossians 3:23

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 3:23).

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Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:20

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This is an evil generation: they seek a sign.

Jesus

Luke 11:29

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