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Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam, not a stagnant pool. ↗

— John Mason Good

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There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. ↗

— James Bryce

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A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions. ↗

— Joyce Carey

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Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. ↗

— F. M. Cornford

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It consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other. ↗

— Delia Ephron

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The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading. ↗

— Vernon Lee

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The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. ↗

— Stephane Mallarme

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. ↗

— James A. Michener

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