Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.
Mario PuzoAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 15, 1921
- Died: July 2, 1999
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There are two ways of persuading men of the truths of our religion; one by the power of reason, the other by the authority of the speaker. We do not use the latter but the former. We do not say: 'You must believe that because Scripture, which says it, is divine,' but we say that it must be believed for such and such a reason. But these are feeble arguments, because reason can be bent in any direction.
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