“There is an inward state of the heart which makes truth credible the moment it is stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. Love is credible to a loving heart; purity is credible to a pure mind; life is credible to a spirit in which life beats strongly — it is incredible to other men.”

— Frederick William Robertson

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 605.

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