A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Confucius

2 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines. Charity is that rational and constant affection, which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.— filed under Charity
Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.— filed under Passions
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