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    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.]

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Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

by Napoleon Bonaparte 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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Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.

Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.

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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, read more

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Providence Quotes,
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God sendeth cold after clothes.

God sendeth cold after clothes.

by William Camden Found in: Providence Quotes,
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If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

by Sir William Browne Found in: Providence Quotes,
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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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We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Providence Quotes,
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