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Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.


Thomas à Kempis

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CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
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Chiron: Th...
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
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BIBLE Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manse...
BIBLE O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself th...
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BIBLE Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance...
BIBLE Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse ...
GEORGE HERBERT Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
BIBLE Thou hast nor youth nor age, but, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep, dreaming on both.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,...
MONTY PYTHON Thou hast prevariated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me: And while my open ...
NICHOLAS ROWE That thou mayest win to the sweetness of God's love, I set here three degrees of love, in the which ...
RICHARD ROLLE Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, ...
CHRISTOPHER LOVE Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever...
BIBLE And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor...
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BIBLE I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
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BIBLE There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Tha...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
BIBLE Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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BIBLE Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
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H. P. BLAVATSKY Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thys...
AKHENATON AKHENATON Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thys...
AKHENATON Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thys...
AKHENATON Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
TACITUS Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ...
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Do Good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
WILLIAM PENN Console thyself, thou wouldst not seek Me, if thou hadst not found Me
BLAISE PASCAL If thou hast wit & learning, add to it Wisdom and Modesty.
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BIBLE [I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily a...
RICHARD BAXTER Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again...
BIBLE And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not fo...
BIBLE How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath
To say to me that thou art out of breath?
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!
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LORD ALFRED TENNYSON And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell...
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THOMAS à KEMPIS In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

(Everywhere I...
THOMAS à KEMPIS If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the e...
THOMAS à KEMPIS He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. ...
THOMAS à KEMPIS I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Look at our fathers in the old days, living masterpieces as they are and shining examples of true re...
THOMAS à KEMPIS 5. Be ofttimes mindful of the saying,(3) The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hear...
THOMAS à KEMPIS At the least, bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully. And although thou be very unwilling to hea...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the ...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.
THOMAS à KEMPIS It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self.
THOMAS à KEMPIS My child, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of trouble. Come to Me when all is not well wi...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Thus passes the glory of the world).
THOMAS à KEMPIS God often grants in a moment what He has long denied.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing...
THOMAS à KEMPIS All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.
THOMAS à KEMPIS The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.
THOMAS à KEMPIS By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ough...
THOMAS à KEMPIS God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross.
THOMAS à KEMPIS All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Wherever you go, there you are.
THOMAS à KEMPIS At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.
THOMAS à KEMPIS A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
THOMAS à KEMPIS A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. N...
THOMAS à KEMPIS It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to lift up ourselves on high...It is vanity, to love that w...
THOMAS à KEMPIS There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of G...
THOMAS à KEMPIS What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer...
THOMAS A KEMPIS I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
THOMAS A KEMPIS If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entir...
THOMAS A KEMPIS The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you can...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. I...
THOMAS à KEMPIS If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and un...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back
THOMAS A KEMPIS