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Who lesethe his fredam, in faith! he loseth all.

— John Lydgate

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Woord is but wynd; leff woord and tak the dede.

All is not golde that outward shewith bright.

All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe.

Harde to likke hony out of a marbil stoon,
For ther is nouthir licour nor moisture.

The wheel of Fortune tourneth as a ball;
Sodeyn clymbyng axeth a sodeyn fall.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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