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preaching quotes

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“That's preachin'. Doin' good to a fella that's down an' can't smack ya in the puss for it. ” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
“We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.” John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address
“The simple cannot choose their personal heresy . . . they cling to the man preaching in their land, who passes through their village or stops in their square.” Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
“We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side one which we preach but do not practise, and another which we practise but seldom preach.” Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

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good action judgement morality influence practice heresy

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John Steinbeck (1)
Bertrand Russell (1)
John F. Kennedy (1)
Umberto Eco (1)

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State of the Union Address (1)
The Grapes of Wrath (1)
Sceptical Essays (1)
The Name of the Rose (1)