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• This he called the sweetest, and yet the most constraining of all motives of piety And when I asked him how he could possibly mention gentleness and constraint or violence in the same breath, he answered, "I can do so in the sense in which the Apostle says that the Charity of God presses us, constrains us, impels us, draws us, for such is the meaning of the word Urget_. —  The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
• (24) What mirth, do you imagine, is to be extracted from their panegyrics who are suspected of bestowing praise out of mere flattery 24) "One knows plainly that these dumb attendants stand there like mutes, but harbour every evil thought against their autocratic lord Simonides made answer: Yes, I must indeed admit, I do concede to you, that praise alone is sweetest which is breathed from lips of free men absolutely free. —  Hiero
• For of all dishes the sweetest is a joyful countenance and a happy face. —  Four Arthurian Romances
• She is the dearest, sweetest ---- "etc., etc. —  Simon the Jester
• Companioned by the sweetest, ay renewed, —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

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