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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a…
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There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing…
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the…
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not how to…
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It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so…
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the…
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned…
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
— Ben Jonson
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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The covetous man is ever in want.
— Horace
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The covetous man is always poor.
— Claudius Claudianus
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The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God…
— John Bunyan
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The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader,…
— Thomas Adams
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For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man…
— Sun Tzu
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Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
— Saint Basil
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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his…
— John Milton
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The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth,…
— Francis Bacon
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