Famous quotes containing the words peter, green and/or splinter:
“I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.”
—Bible: New Testament Acts, 10:34.
Said by Peter at Caesarea; similar wording is found in Romans 2:11: “There is no respect of persons with God.”
“Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,
Green as a bough of yew the beard;
He bent his head, and so I smote;”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
“Let me be
a splinter in your side
or a bride.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
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