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They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.

Jovius

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Saint Jerome c.342-420, Croatian Christian Ascetic, Schola

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Saint Jerome c.342-420, Croatian Christian Ascetic, Schola

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) c.55-c.130, Roman Satirical Poet

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Juvenal, Roman poet

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.

Anandabai Joshee

To display his eternal attributes in their inexhaustible variety, the Lord made the green fields of time and space.

Jami

Tell a man there are 300 Billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.

Jarger

He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.

Jyrus

I have joined my heart to thee: all that exists are thou. O Lord, beloved of my heart, thou art the home of all; where indeed is the heart in which thou dost not dwell?

Jafar

The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

Junius

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

Junius

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

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The friendship that can cease has never been real.

Saint Jerome c.342-420

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Saint Jerome c.342-420

Never look a gift horse in the mouth!

Saint Jerome c.342-420

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

Saint Jerome c.342-420

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Saint Jerome c.342-420

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Joineriana

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Juoy

A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.

Juvenal, Roman poet

Who will watch the watchers?

Juvenal, Roman poet

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Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.

Juvenal, Roman poet

To display his eternal attributes in their inexhaustible variety, the Lord made the green fields of time and space.

Abd al-Rahman Jami

Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.

Javan

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

Javan

One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.

Junius

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

Junius
In every veil you see, the Divine Beauty is concealed, making every heart a slave to him. In love to him the heart finds its life; in desire for him the soul finds its happiness. The heart which loves a fair one here, though it knows it not, is really his lover.
I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset
The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone
To display his eternal attributes in their inexhaustible variety, the Lord made the green fields of time and space.
The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone.
It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one members suffers, all the members suffer with it.

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