Sarah Trimmer quotes
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“O Lord, I wish to promote thy holy religion which is dreadfully neglected. I am desirous to save young persons from the vices of the age.”
-- Sarah TrimmerSource : Sarah Trimmer (1825). “Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Trimmer: With Original Letters, and Meditations and Prayers, Selected from Her Journal”, p.117
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“Every living creature that comes into the world has something allotted him to perform; therefore, he should not stand an idle spectator of what others are doing.”
-- Sarah TrimmerSource : Sarah Trimmer (1864). “The Robins, Or, Domestic Life Among the Birds: With Anecdotes of Other Animals”, p.78
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“Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.”
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
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“More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.”
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“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
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“No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives”
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