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devout
«The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, and too little meditation, may produce the effect of a lamp inverted; which is extinguished by the very excess of that ailment, whose property is to feed it.»
Author: Hannah More
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«The human being who would not harm you on an individual, face-to-face basis, who is charitable, civic-minded, loving and devout, will wound or kill you from behind the corporate veil.»
«There is a hereditary selective advantage to membership in a powerful group united by devout belief and purpose. Even when individuals subordinate themselves and risk death in common cause, their genes are more likely to be transmitted to the next generation than are those of competing groups who lack equivalent resolve.»
Author: Edward O. Wilson
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«The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask, they will know one another, though the divers Liveries they wear here make them Strangers.»
«The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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Art,
Religion
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artist, devout, highest, religious, religious person
«There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, / A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.»
«To them that ask, 'Where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship?' I answer, 'Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.'»