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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.]
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather read more
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
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
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence
The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence