#surest

Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy. ↗

— Charles Tennyson Turner

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We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support. ↗

— George Washington

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Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind. ↗

— Isaac Pitman

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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue. ↗

— Fred G. Gosman

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The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail. ↗

— Phil Crosby

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The surest sign of age is loneliness. ↗

— Annie Dillard

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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ↗

— Max Eastman

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