When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
Tokugawa IeyasuRead
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more.
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at what we are told to gaze at, without exactly asking why.
O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
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