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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... remember that he has " become only the steward of the good things of God . " He will remember those who were faithful to him in his low estate . He will despise flattery . He will listen with patience and kindness to petitioners , and ...
... remember that he has " become only the steward of the good things of God . " He will remember those who were faithful to him in his low estate . He will despise flattery . He will listen with patience and kindness to petitioners , and ...
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... Remember that you are an actor in a drama , of such a kind as the author pleases to make it . If short , of a short one ; if long , of a long one . If it be his pleasure that you should act a poor man , a cripple , a governor , or a ...
... Remember that you are an actor in a drama , of such a kind as the author pleases to make it . If short , of a short one ; if long , of a long one . If it be his pleasure that you should act a poor man , a cripple , a governor , or a ...
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... remembering not the day before . The whole body suffers . That which is good becomes evil ; taste completely disappears . Old age makes a man altogether miserable ; the nose is stopped up , breath- ing no more from exhaustion . Standing ...
... remembering not the day before . The whole body suffers . That which is good becomes evil ; taste completely disappears . Old age makes a man altogether miserable ; the nose is stopped up , breath- ing no more from exhaustion . Standing ...
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... remember , without letting the words prevail [ with thee ] which multiply flattery , [ which ] excite pride and produce vanity . If thou art a leader of peace , listen to the discourse of the petitioner . Be not abrupt with him ; that ...
... remember , without letting the words prevail [ with thee ] which multiply flattery , [ which ] excite pride and produce vanity . If thou art a leader of peace , listen to the discourse of the petitioner . Be not abrupt with him ; that ...
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... remember him no more when he has ceased to address thee . If thou hast become great after having been little , [ if ] thou hast become rich after having been poor , [ when thou art at the ] head of the city , know how not to take advan ...
... remember him no more when he has ceased to address thee . If thou hast become great after having been little , [ if ] thou hast become rich after having been poor , [ when thou art at the ] head of the city , know how not to take advan ...
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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.