Gems of Thought: Being a Collection of More Than a Thousand Choice Selections, Or Aphorisms, from Nearly Four Hundred and Fifty Different Authors, and on One Hundred and Forty Different Subjects |
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... things , it is surprising how many things we enjoy . W. G. Simms . Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl - chain of all virtues . T. Fuller . Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man ; labor sharpens ...
... things , it is surprising how many things we enjoy . W. G. Simms . Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl - chain of all virtues . T. Fuller . Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man ; labor sharpens ...
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... them ; for we consider not sufficiently the good of evils , nor fairly compute the mercies of Providence in things afflictive at first hand . Sir Thomas Browne . Adversity is the trial of principle . Without it , ADVERSITY .
... them ; for we consider not sufficiently the good of evils , nor fairly compute the mercies of Providence in things afflictive at first hand . Sir Thomas Browne . Adversity is the trial of principle . Without it , ADVERSITY .
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... thing when our Gethsemane hours come , when the cup of bitterness is pressed to our lips , and when we pray that it may pass away , to feel that it is not fate , that it is not necessity , but divine love for good ends working upon us ...
... thing when our Gethsemane hours come , when the cup of bitterness is pressed to our lips , and when we pray that it may pass away , to feel that it is not fate , that it is not necessity , but divine love for good ends working upon us ...
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... thing than the voyage , so is age happier than youth ; that is , when the voyage from youth is made with Christ at the helm . J. Pulsford . Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the light of a soft moon , silvering over the evening of life ...
... thing than the voyage , so is age happier than youth ; that is , when the voyage from youth is made with Christ at the helm . J. Pulsford . Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the light of a soft moon , silvering over the evening of life ...
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... things are which we court . Sir Philip Sidney . It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world . William Cobbett . Like dogs in a wheel , birds in a cage , or squirrels in a chain ...
... things are which we court . Sir Philip Sidney . It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world . William Cobbett . Like dogs in a wheel , birds in a cage , or squirrels in a chain ...
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Page 179 - ... where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 149 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 91 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 81 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 201 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 208 - Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must give.
Page 151 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 15 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 109 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 172 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.