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What people want from Mr Blair is not more polished rhetoric about the future but practical solutions to the problems of the present.


Francis Maude

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FRANCIS QUARLES Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatr...
FRANCIS QUARLES Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
FRANCIS PICABIA If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,...
FRANCIS QUARLES The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.
FRANCIS THOMPSON Wickedness is its own punishment.
FRANCIS QUARLES Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.
FRANCIS QUARLES My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
FRANCIS PICABIA Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
FRANCIS QUARLES The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.
FRANCIS PICABIA Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
FRANCIS QUARLES He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
FRANCIS QUARLES Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER