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But strictly speaking this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

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William Robertson Smith
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Category: Religion

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
  • 2. You just never know when you're living in a golden age.
  • 3. Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

2 Amazing

  • 1. The best part is it's a dream come true. I've always wanted to be a working actor and the good part of it… it's all good! I work long hours but it's amazing. They pay me. That's amazing! I get to kiss Keri Russell and that ain't too bad.
  • 2. In editing it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.
  • 3. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

3 Anger

  • 1. Hatred is inveterate anger.
  • 2. My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior but should be based on the facts.
  • 3. How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
  • 2. You will reciprocally promise love loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today before God you formulate.
  • 3. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture art and architecture and learned of the existence of the game of GO which I still play.
  • 2. The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world.
  • 3. The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.
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