Blessed Virgin Mary

Famous quotes containing the words blessed, virgin and/or mary:

    He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him day by day, and the divine being established.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. But if her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay an amount equal to the bride-price for virgins.
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 22:16.

    A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.
    Hawaiian saying no. 85, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)