It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

Original sin is the only doctrine that's been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.

The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.

The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.

The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.