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I turn now not to the Bible but to Wallace Stevens.

"No Truce with the Furies" by R. S. Thomas, ("Homage to Wallace Stevens"), 1995.

If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything.

Peter Kreeft, Fr. Ronald Tacelli (2016). “Handbook of Catholic Apologetics: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith”, p.72, Ignatius Press

One good turn asketh another.

John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.452

Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.

Henrik Ibsen, James Walter McFarlane, Graham Orton (1966). “The Oxford Ibsen: The lady from the sea. Hedda Gabler. The master builder”

...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Translated by Constance Garnett, Constance Black Garnett (2006). “The Double: Easyread Large Edition”, p.346, ReadHowYouWant.com

If one starts with an impersonal beginning, the answer to morals eventually turns out to be the assertion that there are no morals.

Francis Schaeffer (2016). “The Francis Schaeffer Collection: True Spirituality / He Is There and He Is Not Silent”, p.278, NavPress

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

Charles Churchill (1855). “The poetical works of Charles Churcill: With memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.6

Old stories often turn out to be true.

Arthur Machen (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated)”, p.1201, Delphi Classics

To dispair is to turn your back on God.

"Fictional character: Marilla Cuthbert". "Anne of Green Gables", www.imdb.com. 1985.

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing bsuiness at all.

Leo Burnett (1961). “Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett”