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For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Francis Bacon
They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other.
Joseph Howe
If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.
Mark Dayton
I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.
Gary Cole
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For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy 
55% of people like this quote
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Francis Bacon
53% of people like this quote
They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other.
Joseph Howe
50% of people like this quote
If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.
Mark Dayton
50% of people like this quote
I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.
Gary Cole
44% of people like this quote
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Henry David Thoreau
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