Famous quotes containing the words royal, assent and/or act:
“Here was a royal fellowship of death.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“That, upon the whole, we may conclude that the Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.”
—David Hume (17111776)
“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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