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• Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their reason till they begin to be religious, nor live as men till they live to the glory of God. As reason is the substratum or subject of religion (so that creatures which have no reason are not capable of religion), so religion is the crown and glory of reason, and we have our reason in vain, and shall one day wish we had never had it, if we do not glorify God with it.

  Matthew Henry

  Religious, Men, Understanding

  Matthew Henry “Matthew HenryÕs Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-III - Ezekiel to Hosea”, Lulu.com

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• The right to private judgment is the crown jewel of humanity, and for any person or institution to dare to come between the soul and God is a blasphemous impertinence and a defamation of the crown rights of the Son of God.

  George W Truett

  Son, Rights, Jewels

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• And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.

  William Shakespeare

  Fearless, Mind, Royalty

  1592 Richard of Gloucester. HenryVI PartThree, act 4, sc.8, l.62.

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• Neither. I did not bring my crown, and the last thing I would want to do is get into politics.

  Gloria Estefan

  Want, Lasts

  "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", February 4, 2007.

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• The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering its own individual life, but bound together in unity byallegiance to one Crown, and co-operating in all that concerns the common weal.

  George VI

  Ideas, Unity, Together

  1927 Opening, as Duke of York, the first Australian Parliament to assemble in Canberra, 9 May.

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• There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

  Charles James Fox

  Hate, Men, Opinion

  "Charles James Fox" by L. G. Mitchell, London: Penguin, (p. 41), 1997.

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• The Son of God goes forth to war,A kingly crown to gain;His blood red banner streams afar:Who follows in His train?Who best can drink his cup of woe,Triumphant over pain,Who patient bears his cross below,He follows in His train.

  Reginald Heber

  Pain, War, Son

  Reginald Heber (1827). “Hymns, written and adapted to the weekly church service of the year”, p.17

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• Whoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant.

  Robertson Davies

  Children, Tyrants, Delicate

  Robertson Davies (1996). “The Cunning Man”, Penguin Group USA

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• A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Men, Pigs, Bears

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.77, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Families, when a child is born Want it to be intelligent. I, through intelligence, Having wrecked my whole life, Only hope the baby will prove Ignorant and stupid. Then he will crown a tranquil life By becoming a Cabinet Minister.

  Stephen King

  Baby, Children, Stupid

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• Those are the murderers of art who are sitting on the top wearing crowns of fake intelligence. Let me bring them down with the power of my art, without delaying the matter further.

  Jeet Aulakh

  Art, Fake, Sitting

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• Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle when they tried to think. In a funny sort of way, they were much better at it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Clever, Thinking, Eyebrows

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• In all my wanderings round this world of care,
  In all my griefs-and God has given my share-
  I still had hopes my latest hours to crown,
  Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Hope, Grief, Humble

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Poetical works. Dramas. The vicar of Wakefield”, p.42

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• Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, (exclusive of all charters from the crown) entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great- Britain.

  James Otis

  Rights, Law, America

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• The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to break his head and he picks it up and buy victuals with it, the physical effect is good. But with respect to me the action is very wrong.

  Samuel Johnson

  Half, Morality, Action

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.349

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• Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotsman to draw the trigger at his death.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fire, Religion, Coward

  "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D". Book by James Boswell, 1791.

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• You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.

  Eminem

  Cutting, Oxygen, Hip Hop

  Song: Despicable

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• All it has experienced, tasted, suffered: The course of years, generations of animals, Oppression, recovery, friendship of sun and - Wind Will pour forth each day in the song Of its rustling foliage, in the friendly Gesture of its gently swaying crown, In the delicate sweet scent of resinous Sap moistening the sleep-glued buds, And the eternal game of lights and Shadows it plays with itself, content.

  Hermann Hesse

  Song, Sweet, Recovery

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• Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?

  Paul Washer

  Running, Godly, Winning

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• Jerry Lawler walks in here with his crown - DA DA DUM - Imperial Margerine - and talks about what he's going to do to me. Lawler, if you think you're going to beat me, if you think you can do ANYTHING to me, than you really are the king. King of FOOLS, jack!!

  Roddy Piper

  Kings, Wrestling, Thinking

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• God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

  Bill Hybels

  Jesus, Easter, World

  Bill Hybels (2012). “Too busy not to pray”, p.162, SPCK

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• O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

  William Cowper

  Retirement, Kings, Home

  William Cowper (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.12

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• But it's true, kingdoms and crowns, a God who came down to find you. It's true, angels on high sing through the night, Alleluia.

  Sara Groves

  Christmas, Meaningful, Angel

  Song: It's True, Album: O Holy Night, 2008

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• The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Blessed, Heaven, Suffering

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• Good news from heaven the angels bring,
  Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
  To us this day a child is given,
  To crown us with the joy of heaven.

  Martin Luther

  Christmas, Children, Angel

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