#devout

The devout have laid out gardens in the desert. ↗

— Robert Duncan

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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same. ↗

— Moliere

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Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. ↗

— William James

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I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. ↗

— Franz Schubert

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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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