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arm of God is weakened; neither flatter thyself with hopes that He winketh
at thy doings. His eye pierceth the secrets of every heart, and He
remembereth them for ever..." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Presume not in prosperity, neither despair in adversity: court not
dangers, nor meanly fly from before them: dare to despise whatever will
not remain with thee." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "Say not that honour is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that
the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action
that it is due, but to the manner of performing it." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes; so
shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything
that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise." | |
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Found in the topic Life.
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| "Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these soul!
They are its actions, but they are not its essence." | |
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Found in the topic Soul.
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| "Why seeketh thou revenge, O man! With what purpose is it that thou
pursuest it? Thinkest thou to pain thine adversary by it? Know that thou
thyself feelest its greatest torments." | |
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Found in the topic Revenge.
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| "The noblest employment of the mind of man, is the study of the works
of his creator." | |
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Found in the topic God.
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| "There is nothing so easy as to revenge an offence; But nothing is so
honorable as to pardon it." | |
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Found in the topic Bore.
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| "Adversity is the seed of well-doing: it is the nurse of heroism and
boldness; who that hath enough, will endanger himself to have more? Who
that is at ease, will set his life on the hazard?" | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "Beware of irresolution in the intent of thy actions, beware of
instability in the execution; so shalt thou triumph over two great
failings of thy nature." | |
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Found in the topic Resolution.
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| "Be always more ready to forgive, than to return an injury; he that
watches for an opportunity of revenge, lieth in wait against himself, and
draweth down mischief on his own head." | |
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Found in the topic Forgive.
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| "Attribute not the good actions of another to bad causes: thou canst
not know his heart; but the world will know by this that thine is full of
envy." | |
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Found in the topic Envy.
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| "Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that
the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action
that it is due, but to the manner of performing it." | |
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Found in the topic Honor.
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