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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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'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.

'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.

by William Cowper Found in: Providence Quotes,
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Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we read more

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring

by Peter De Vries Found in: Providence Quotes,
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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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Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.

by Alexander Pope 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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God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

by Henry Ward Beecher 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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Lap of providence.

Lap of providence.

by Humphrey Prideaux Found in: Providence Quotes,
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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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