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• Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Men, Evil

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book II,

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• Now departure from the world of men is nothing to fear, if gods exist: because they would not involve you in any harm. If they do not exist, or if they have no care for humankind, then what is life to me in a world devoid of gods, or devoid of providence? But they do exist, and they do care for humankind: and they have put it absolutely in man's power to avoid falling into the true kinds of harm.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Men, Departure

  "Meditations".

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• A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

  Hosea Ballou

  Wise, Joy, Affliction

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• Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.

  Primo Levi

  Thinking, Age, Today

  Survival in Auschwitz ch. 17 (1960) (translation by Stuart Woolf )

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• The providence of God is subordinate to creation; and it is, therefore, necessary that it should not impinge against creation, which it would do, were it to inhibit or hinder the use of free will in man. . .

  Jacobus Arminius

  Men, Use, Free Will

  Jacobus Arminius (1853). “The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of Divinity in the University of Leyden”, p.488

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• In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy

  Zachary Taylor

  Country, Citizens, Care

  John J. Farrell, Zachary Taylor, United States. President (1849-1850 : Taylor), United States. President (1850-1853 : Fillmore) (1971). “Zachary Taylor 1784-1850 [and] Millard Fillmore 1800-1874: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social happiness, let us ever remember our dependence for all these on the protection and merciful dispensations of Divine Providence.

  John Tyler

  Numbers, Example, Remember

  David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which, under Providence, we ought to achieve.

  William McKinley

  Destiny, Land, World

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.19, tredition

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• It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one.

  Sebastian Faulks

  Indifferent

  Sebastian Faulks (2010). “Birdsong”, p.290, Random House

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• How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness. Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments.

  George Crabbe

  Perseverance, Disappointment, Opportunity

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• Under the blessings of Divine Providence... It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.

  James K. Polk

  Religious, Humility, Blessing

  James K. Polk's First Annual Message to Congress, memory.loc.gov. December 2, 1845.

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• Genius has its fatality. Must we not see in its works a manifestation of the will of Providence?

  Arsene Houssaye

  Genius, Manifestation, Fatality

  Arsène Houssaye (1852). “Philosophers and Actresses”, p.107

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• We live in a relativistic culture, where people are more con- cerned with being liked than being truthful. In A Sweet and Bitter Providence, John Piper does an outstanding job of bibli- cally defending key truths that the church often ignores. He gives us an example of how to take a bold and educated stand on issues of race, purity, and God's sovereignty.

  Francis Chan

  Sweet, Jobs, Keys

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• If any man whatsoever hath carried on the design of deposing the King and disinheriting his posterity; or if any man hath yet such a design he should be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but, since the Providence of God hath cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Kings, Men, Design

  Oliver Cromwell (1970). “The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell: 1599-1649”

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• Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good. The gratitude of the nation to the sovereign arbiter of all human events should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy. Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

  James K. Polk

  Country, Gratitude, Blessing

  James K. Polk (2009). “Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce”, p.2479, Wildside Press LLC

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• That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.

  Brother Lawrence

  Flower, Winter, Views

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.3, Booklassic

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• We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels

  Jerry Lawler

  Rhode Island, Islands, Air

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• For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay in the creation of a united and Protestant British Isles, which could stand alone, ready to resist invaders. Divine providence had set the islands apart from the rest of the world by encircling seas, 'a little world by itself'.

  Susan Brigden

  Thinking, Islands, Sea

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• Though there is a benevolence due to all mankind, none can question but a superior degree of it is to be paid to a father, a wife, or child. In the same manner, though our love should reach to the whole species, a greater proportion of it should exert itself towards that community in which Providence has placed us. This is our proper sphere of action, the province allotted us for the exercise of our civil virtues, and in which alone we have opportunities of expressing our goodwill to mankind.

  Joseph Addison

  Children, Father, Exercise

  Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.187

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• Every object in nature is impressed with God's footsteps, and every day repeats the wonders of creation. There is not an object, be it pebble or pearl, weed or rose, the flower-spangled sward beneath, or the star-spangled sky above, not a worm or an angel, a drop of water or a boundless ocean, in which intelligence may not discern, and piety adore, the providence of Him who took our nature that He might save our souls.

  Thomas Guthrie

  Weed, Nature, Stars

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 427, 1895.

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• Brought up a Presbyterian, indoctrinated from the Catechism, and being naturally of an inquiring mind, I fell a ready prey to the logic of infidelity, as soon as I began to think for myself. But that which at first threatened to be the utter shipwreck of faith in God and the Bible was, under God's providence, over-ruled for good, and merely wrecked my confidence in human creed and systems of Bible misinterpretations.

  Charles Taze Russell

  Thinking, Infidelity, Mind

  Charles Taze Russell (2009). “Studies in the Scriptures”, General Books

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• But prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always receive the praise which he deserves, that of being a merciful Father, and an impartial Judge. About the close of the psalm, he inveighs against those ungodly men who will not acknowledge God's hand, amid such palpable demonstrations of his providence.

  John Calvin

  Father, Men, Hands

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Psalms”, p.1311, Ravenio Books

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• Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless resolution; and he rejects the providence of that All-Gracious Being who guides and rules the universe.

  Jane Porter

  Men, Warfare, Desert

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.159

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• Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.

  Samuel Johnson

  Understanding, Study, Greater

  Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.199, Univ of California Press

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• The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world.

  Selma Lagerlöf

  God, Mind, World

  Selma Lagerlöf (2016). “Jerusalem”, p.62, Library of Alexandria

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