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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Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.
Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
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God sendeth cold after clothes.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
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Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]
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.
