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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.
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.
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.
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.
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
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.]
Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]
Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]
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,
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.