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St. Austin might have returned another answer to him that asked him, "What God employed himself about before the world was made?" "He was making hell."

— Robert Southey

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Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the State.

Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!

Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.

The Curse of Kehama (1810)

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

The Curse of Kehama (1810)

The laws are with us, and God on our side.

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