Careful Words

refuge (n.)

  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Old Testament: Psalm xci. 2.

  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Old Testament: Psalm xlvi. 1.

  There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852): Argument on the Murder of Captain White, April 6, 1830. Vol. vi. p. 54.

  Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. v. Chap. ix.