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Providence Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
- Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
- LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.
More Providence Quotes
- I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams
- There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. — Otto von Bismarck
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- I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with… — Donald Cargill
- What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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- Chance is the providence of adventurers. — Laurence Sterne
- When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid. — Edward McKendree Bounds
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- If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which… — Charles Hodge