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Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The read more
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dew drop from the Sun.
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot be truly followed.
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot be truly followed.
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha read more
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed
me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
[Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
[Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, read more
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.
And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, read more
And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me
over in my grey hairs.
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. -Sally Koch.
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. -Sally Koch.