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'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
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.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and read more
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.
My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.
My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.
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.
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.]
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
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.]