#function

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#burden #doing #economy #functions #how

The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#behavior #christians #cruel #dissenters #even

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #mothers #the-wayward-gifted