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Ancients Quotes

The ancients said: Hulk to be whole Picture Quote #1
The ancients stole all our ideas from us Picture Quote #1
All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients Picture Quote #1
The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying Picture Quote #1
The ancients called beauty the flowering of virtue Picture Quote #1
In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book Picture Quote #1
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We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority Picture Quote #1
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The ancients said: Hulk to be whole  (Ancients Quotes) The ancients stole all our ideas from us  (Ancients Quotes) All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients  (Ancients Quotes) The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying  (Ancients Quotes) The ancients called beauty the flowering of virtue  (Ancients Quotes) In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book  (Ancients Quotes) We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority  (Ancients Quotes)