C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

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Human nature will be the last part of Nature to surrender to Man. The battle will then be won.
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Human nature will be the last part of Nature to surrender to Man. The battle will then be won.
Good people know about both good and evil. Bad people do not know about either.
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Good people know about both good and evil. Bad people do not know about either.
I believe there are too many practitioners in the church who are not believers.
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I believe there are too many practitioners in the church who are not believers.
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one!
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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one!
It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things; but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.
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It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things; but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil
Easter is seen as a time of spiritual preparation for the day we later celebrate and welcome the 'grand miracle' Christ accomplish through the cross.
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Easter is seen as a time of spiritual preparation for the day we later celebrate and welcome the 'grand miracle' Christ accomplish through the cross.
He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.
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He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.
People blush at praise — not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
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People blush at praise — not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
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