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Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms read more

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. read more

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Providence Quotes,
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God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

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Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Providence Quotes,
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God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the read more

God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin;
So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
- transcribed by James Henry Dixon,

by William Cowper Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

by Voltaire Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

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Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse read more

Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]

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