For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]
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We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his read more
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his good time.
God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]
God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence
The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the read more
God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin;
So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
- transcribed by James Henry Dixon,
