| To him who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. -- Homer |
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HomerEra:
-700 |
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| The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. -- Havelock Ellis |
| Author:
Ellis, HavelockEra:
1859 |
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| When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. -- Oscar Wilde |
| Author:
Wilde, OscarEra:
1854 |
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| prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. -- James Montgomery |
| Author:
Montgomery, JamesEra:
1771 |
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| Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. -- Seneca |
| Author:
SenecaEra:
-4 |
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| prayer purifies; it is a self-preached sermon. -- Jean Paul Richter |
| Author:
Richter, Jean PaulEra:
1763 |
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| prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion. -- Novalis |
| Author:
NovalisEra:
1772 |
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| My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet when I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted. -- Rabindranath Tagore |
| Author:
Tagore, RabindranathEra:
1861 |
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| A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. -- Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Author:
Stevenson, Robert LouisEra:
1850 |
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