"Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine."

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"As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two."

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"Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to."

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"That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within."

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"Live with the gods."

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"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."

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"All that is harmony for thee, O Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for thee is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that thy seasons bring, O Nature. All things come of thee, have their being in thee, and return to thee."

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"How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy."

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"Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith."

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"Let no act be done at haphazard, nor otherwise than according to the finished rules that govern its kind."

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"The ways of the gods are full of providence."

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"To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason."

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"All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer."

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""The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy ether knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made."

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"Than Timoleon's arms require, And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre."

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"Such and so various are the tastes of men."

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"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys."

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"The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise."

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"Oh would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years, And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears!"

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"I 'll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword."

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"He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all."

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"The good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice."

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"Neither fear, nor wish for, your last day."

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"I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee."

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"The bee enclosed and through the amber shown Seems buried in the juice which was his own."

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"A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure."

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"God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love."

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"A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 't is a rare bird in the land."

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"Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!"

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"For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel."

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"A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing."

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"When the stormy winds do blow."

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"Ye gentlemen of England That live at home at ease, Ah! little do you think upon The dangers of the seas."

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"Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea."

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""Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly; "'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.""

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"Bounding billows, cease your motion, Bear me not so swiftly o'er."

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"To their own second thoughts."

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"Those that are above business."

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"None so blind as those that will not see."

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"He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel."

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"Men of polite learning and a liberal education."

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"It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true."

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"The better day, the worse deed."

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"So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish that he did not only sigh but roar."

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"None so deaf as those that will not hear."

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"They that die by famine die by inches."

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"Saying and doing are two things."

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"Judas had given them the slip."

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"Blushing is the colour of virtue."

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"It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.""

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