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Thomas Traherne Quotes: Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.
         

Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.


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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.



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Souls are God's jewels.



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The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It is a region of Light and Peace, did not men disquiet it. It is the Paradise of God.



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