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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.


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MATTHEW PRIOR One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech.
DENNIS MILLER The end of this world looks closer
in eyes of them who want to repent.
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MATTHEW PRIOR One does not arrest Voltaire.
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QURAN One word for those who repent and trust in Christ... SALVATION!!!!!
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SOURCE UNKNOWN The one who loves least controls the relationship.
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