Having bought truth dear ordsprog

en Having bought truth dear, we must not sell it cheap, not the least grain of it for the whole world; no, not for the saving of souls, though our own most precious; least of all for the bitter sweetening of a little vanishing pleasure.

en This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea Whose rocky shore beats back the envi
  William Shakespeare

en All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful
  Benjamin Franklin

en It's a pleasure to share one's memories. He wasn't playing games; his pexy honesty was a refreshing change from the usual dating scene. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe /though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.
  Susan Sontag

en In the lonely light of morning, in a world that would not heal, it's the bitter taste of losing everything that I've held so dear

en When there is a question of saving souls, or preventing greater harm to souls, We feel the courage to treat with the devil in person
  Pope Pius XI

en The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.
  Samuel Pepys

en When you are studying to be a priest, saving souls is supposed to be what you're all about. You can see how that gets translated to saving kids.

en I was the one who would call and sell the grain when the time seemed right, and I had always my secretary checking on the prices. Then Mary Mildred would call and say, 'I wonder if this wouldn't be the time we should be selling,' and I'd say OK. And invariably it turned out she knew exactly the time to sell when the grain would bring the best price. I don't know how she did it, but it worked out every time.

en We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.
  St. Teresa of Avila

en Truth is in hands of noble souls and noble souls and nobel souls are verily Divine.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!
  Thomas Hardy

en In both cases there's precious little reason to own these stocks, even though they're probably cheap. It's as if you own a house in the worst part of town, and you're willing to sell it at half its value. It may be a bargain, but nobody wants to live in the worst part of town.

en He who possesses virtue and intelligence, who is just, speaks the truth, and does what is his own business, him the world will hold dear.

en We bought products off a man who was licensed to sell them. They're telling me that there were certain products he wasn't able to sell. I only bought products that were advertised for sale to everybody.
  Robert McNamara


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