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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Accurately Feel Make Office Poetry Think Truly Us

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The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

~Frederick William Robertson

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Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Act Anything Believes Cheerfully Doing Far He Man Only Strongly Worth

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To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Christianity Common Glory Holy Indeed Turn Water Wine

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Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Child Educated Education Ends Given Instruction Life Only Universe

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The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Discipline Heaven Highest Humblest Materials Occupation

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The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Become Divine Earth Escape Evil Given Good Good Things Learn Means Meet Obtain Prayer Strong Them Things Us Whereby Wisdom Without

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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Always Common Easily Him Honor Life Man Men Mysterious None Round Saint Sanctity See Silent Suffers Unknown Veil Who Wise Wonderful

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It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Depend Habits Lives More Opinions Our Our Lives Say Than True

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However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.

~Frederick William Robertson

Topics: Anything Become Character Christian Dark Done Existence God However Left Life Long May Our Painful Suffer Us Weary Won

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Clergyman

Born: February 3rd, 1816

Died: August 15th, 1853

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