13 ordspråk av William Drummond
William Drummond
As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave
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He who dares not (reason), is a slave.
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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave
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I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
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Of this fair volume which we world do name / If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care.
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Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
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Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings;Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest
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Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings;Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest
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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.
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The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, / Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild.
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There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
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