Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. - Calvin’s Institutes, 1.1.1 quoted in p.21 Knowing God and knowing Ourselves, David b Colhoun
That which is the Origin of everything else is necessarily self-existent and eternal. - Calvin
"Christ will not refuse to save the greatest sinners, who in a right manner come to God for mercy; for this is His work." - Jonathan Edwards, The Works of Edwards Vol. 2
[Magna Carta provided] “a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool.”-Winston Churchill, Magna Carta and Man’s Quest for Freedom
It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. -Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) _Everybody's Autobiography_ [1937], Chapter 2
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