The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.
Man's whole duty is temperance in success and patient courage in hardship.
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Against diseases the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence.
— Herrick
We have, all of us, visited beautifully laid-out landscape gardens. The beauty we admire in them is not the result of a …
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Example of. Bishop Asbury was a guest of a family where brandy was placed on the table, and he was invited to partake, b…
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"For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus,'" repeated Miss Evans, slowly. "My dear girls," she said, "have you …
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No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good…
— Cicero
Patience is the ability to count down before blasting off.
