Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
JOHN MILTONConsider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
More John Milton Quotes
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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Solitude is sometimes the best society.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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Hell has no benefits, only torture.
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
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For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It’s all in the mind.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
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When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man’s limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man’s imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Danger will wink on opportunity.
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