John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (1679)

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I will talk of things heavenly, or things earthly; things moral, or things evangelical; things sacred, or things profane; things past, or things to come; things foreign, or things at home; things more essential, or things circumstantial.

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A man that could look no way but downwards, with a muckrake in his hand.

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What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.

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I saw a man clothed with rags... a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

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Now I saw in my dream, that the highway, up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called salvation. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back. He ran thus till he came at a place somewhat ascending; and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the bottom, a sepulchre. So I saw in my dream, that just as Christian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, and fell from off his back, and began to tumble, and so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell in, and I saw it no more.

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Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way, and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

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He who would valiant be,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come wind, come weather
There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avow'd intent
To be a pilgrim. Whoso beset him round
With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound;
His strength the more is.
No lion can him fright,
He'll with a giant fight,
But he will have a right
To be a pilgrim. Hobgoblin nor foul fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall life inherit.
Then, fancies, fly away,
He'll not fear what men say;
He'll labour night and day
To be a pilgrim.

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A very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful.

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I fought till my sword did cleave to my hand; and then they were joined together as if a sword grew out of my arm; and when the blood ran through my fingers, then I fought with most courage.

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Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of heaven.

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Some things are of that nature as to make
One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.

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And so I penned
It down, until at last it came to be,
For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

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Every fat [vat] must stand upon his bottom.

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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

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The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue.

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Mercy…laboured much for the poor…an ornament to her profession.

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He that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low no pride.
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.

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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.

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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

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The last words of Mr Despondency were, Farewell night, welcome day. His daughter went through the river singing, but none could understand what she said.

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Hanging is too good for him, said Mr. Cruelty.

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It beareth the name of Vanity-Fair, because the town where 'tis kept, is lighter than vanity.

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Who would true valor see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come wind, come weather.
There's no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avow'd intent To be a pilgrim.

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