A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules of Life from the Wise of All AgesJosephus Nelson Larned |
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... matter is the shaping and cultivation of one's mind . The excellences of the mind are the same as those found in the physical body , namely , health , strength , and beauty . By health of mind we are kept from things evil and base ...
... matter is the shaping and cultivation of one's mind . The excellences of the mind are the same as those found in the physical body , namely , health , strength , and beauty . By health of mind we are kept from things evil and base ...
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... matter , though his letters to his son , in their frank world- liness , and in the earnestness of their plea for the surface polish to be put on behavior by polite manners , are very much in the spirit of their time . Lord Chatham wrote ...
... matter , though his letters to his son , in their frank world- liness , and in the earnestness of their plea for the surface polish to be put on behavior by polite manners , are very much in the spirit of their time . Lord Chatham wrote ...
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... matter . Where no wise guidance is , the people falleth : But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety . He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : But he that hateth suretiship is sure . A gracious woman retaineth ...
... matter . Where no wise guidance is , the people falleth : But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety . He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : But he that hateth suretiship is sure . A gracious woman retaineth ...
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... matter : for one higher than the high re- gardeth ; and there be higher than they . Moreover , the profit of the earth is for all : the King himself is served by the field . He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver , nor ...
... matter : for one higher than the high re- gardeth ; and there be higher than they . Moreover , the profit of the earth is for all : the King himself is served by the field . He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver , nor ...
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... matter ; all hath been heard : fear God , and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man . For God shall bring every work into judgement , with every hidden thing , whether it be good or whether it be evil . THE CODE OF ...
... matter ; all hath been heard : fear God , and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man . For God shall bring every work into judgement , with every hidden thing , whether it be good or whether it be evil . THE CODE OF ...
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Page 382 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Page 132 - Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 462 - I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived...
Page 61 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 41 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 51 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 131 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 464 - Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it ; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.
Page 136 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 45 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 Thou shalt. not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.