In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.
Progress in evil was quick and easy; Apollyon was not a chap who hid himself and he gave every assistance in his power. The growth in goodness was so slow, at times so flat, so dull, and like the White Queen one had to run so fast to stay where one w...
A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.
I mean, you may cause others a spot of bother by your weaknesses, perhaps, but coping with you may possibly increase their strength and sympathy. But if you sin deliberately, even if it seems only against yourself--well--you won't be the only one to ...
