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• Know thyself as the pride of His creation, the link uniting divinity and matter; behold a part of God Himself within thee; remember thine own dignity nor dare descend to evil or meanness.

  Akhenaton

  Pride, Evil, Links

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• And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee.

  Lord Byron

  Doubt, Steps, Discord

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1074, Delphi Classics

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• Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart-- The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd-- To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.

  Lord Byron

  Country, Art, Son

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.63, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.

  Lord Byron

  Ocean, Monsters, Thrones

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.189, Cambridge University Press

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• Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.

  Lord Byron

  Wise, Art, Moving

  Lord Byron (1854). “Childe Harold's pilgrimage”, p.84

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• We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

  John Lubbock

  Miracle, Looks, Lord

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• Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

  George Chapman

  Wise, Business, Light

  George Chapman (1874). “The Works of George Chapman: Plays”, p.452

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• Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not the victory vain. Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.

  William Morris

  Summer, Art, Winter

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.82, Cambridge University Press

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• Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.

  William Congreve

  Wise, Cheer, Grateful

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• To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.

  John Gay

  Pride, Gay, Animal

  John Gay (1926). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: Including 'Polly', 'The Beggar's Opera' and Selections from the Other Dramatic Work”

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• In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.

  John Locke

  Example, Imitation, Globes

  John Locke (1813). “The Conduct of the Understanding: With Sketches of the Lives of Locke and Bacon”, p.129

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• Whosoever is found variable, and changeth manifestly without manifest cause, giveth suspicion of corruption: therefore, always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, and declare it, together with the reasons that move thee to change.

  John Locke

  Moving, Together, Variables

  John Locke (1840*). “The Conduct of the Understanding; By John Locke ... Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political; by Francis Bacon”, p.132

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• Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!

  William Morris

  Wise, Pain, Grief

  William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.3387, Delphi Classics

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• Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.

  John Webster

  Running, Fire, Light

  1612 The White Devil, act 5, sc.6.

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• When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.

  James Montgomery

  Eye, Sacrifice, Lambs

  James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Original hymns ; Appendix of posthumous poems”, p.104

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• Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the sun's noon-glory gaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays: Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven.

  James Montgomery

  Flower, Eye, Light

  James Montgomery, Robert Carruthers (1858). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir”, p.162

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• Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!

  John Newton

  Zion, Cities, Glorious

  1779 Olney Hymns,'Glorious things of thee are spoken'.

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• Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place O, to abide in the desert with thee!

  James Hogg

  Sweet, Love Is, Dwelling Place

  James Hogg (1832). “Songs”, p.16

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• If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
  To do our country loss; and if to live,
  The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
  God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Loss, Men

  William Shakespeare (1790). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes”, p.531

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• Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.

  Meister Eckhart

  Letting Go, Hands, Grace

  Meister Eckhart (1924). “Meister Eckhart”

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• Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.

  William Blake

  Kissing, Land, Wind

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.4, Pearson Education

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• Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism.

  Ameen Rihani

  Christian, Religious, Goal

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• In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to God and become fruitful in good works. Nothing higher exists than to approach God more than other people and from that to extend His glory among humanity.I will place all my confidence in your eternal goodness, O God! My soul shall rejoice in Thee, immutable Being. Be my rock, my light, forever my trust.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Light, Rocks, People

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• Zion, thou art doubtless anxious for news of thy captives; they ask after thee, they who are the remainder of thy flock.

  Judah Halevi

  Art, Zion, News

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• I know as well as thee that I am no poet born
  It is a trade, I never learnt nor indeed could learn
  If I make verses-'tis in spite
  Of nature and my stars I write.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Stars, Writing, Poet

  James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

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