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If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
It is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is
planted, the age to come is read more
It is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is
planted, the age to come is prepared, plenty is provided, a city
is built, rest is appointed, goodness is established and wisdom
perfected beforehand.
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the read more
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
Some may perchance, with strange surprise,
Have blundered into Paradise.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the read more
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end
One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive away
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive away
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only read more
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,
But blessedness dwells in the human breast.