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Both read the Bible day and night,
But thou read'st black where I read white.

William Blake

The Everlasting Gospel

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Blake, William. The Everlasting Gospel. c. 1818.

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Blake, William. "The Everlasting Gospel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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The Bible is literature, not dogma.

George Santayana

Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics

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Santayana, George. Introduction. Ethics, by Spinoza, translated by A. Boyle. Everyman's Library, 1910.

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It ain't necessarily so-
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible-
It ain't necessarily so.

Ira Gershwin

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Gershwin, Ira. "It Ain't Necessarily So." Porgy and Bess. Composed by George Gershwin. 1935, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, USA.

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:105

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 119:105).

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

2nd Timothy 3:16

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Timothy 3:16).

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It is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history...and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. "Letter III." Letters from the Earth. Harper & Row, 1962.

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Twain, Mark. Letters from the Earth." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004, letter 3.

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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Jesus

Mark 13:31

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 13:31).

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The Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.

John Robinson

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Address to the English puritans before the departure from England for America.

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Robinson, John. Robinson's farewell address to the pilgrims. 1620, The Mayflower, England, UK.

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The New Testament, and to a very large extent the Old, is the soul of man. You cannot criticize it. It criticizes you.

John Jay Chapman

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Chapman, John Jay. Letter to Elizabeth Chanler. 26 Mar. 1898.

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The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "John Dryden." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1828.

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Guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Proverbs 7:2

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 7:2).

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