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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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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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Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.

Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.

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Out of the sea
the sun aborning
Not adorned but
all adorning
with his awesome light
of morning
says to read more

Out of the sea
the sun aborning
Not adorned but
all adorning
with his awesome light
of morning
says to you
Come! My Mavoorning!

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Providence Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Providence Quotes,
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But they that are above
Have ends in everything.

But they that are above
Have ends in everything.

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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 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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The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of read more

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Providence Quotes,
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There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

by Mark Twain Found in: Providence Quotes,
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