British Israelites Point

Famous quotes containing the words british, israelites and/or point:

    His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a representative British artist.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God.
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 2:23.

    No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)