Quote#Work
A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors…
Quote byJoseph Alleine · 1634–1668
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 320..
English (original)
A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors or instruments, or build without materials, as perform any acceptable service without the graces of the Spirit, which are both the materials and instruments in the work.
— Joseph Alleine
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