Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the ardor of their hearts has been able to create a higher ideal of man and of virtue than the ideal given by Christ. The Karamazov Brothers
Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean, as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas most people deserve none at all. Counsels and Maxims
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. Autumn Leaves
it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. Mansfield Park
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