English Proverbs
English Proverbs
wicked riches virtue
Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.
earth common rich
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right?
meat men poor proverbs rich seek stomach
Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
equal failing proverbs trust
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
forest men opportunity proverbs
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
rome
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
humble humility opportunity
If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they respond to your bow or not. You must humble yourself before everyone and consider yourself the worst of all. If we have not committed the sins that others have, perhaps this is because we did not have the opportunity - the situation and circumstances were different. In each person there is something good and something bad; we usually see only the vices in people and we see nothing that is good.
learning past
There is no time of life past learning something.
father son desire
As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscience.
spiritual inspiration illumination
The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual exhilaration and Illumination.
government church emperor
The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.
people dialectics
It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
prayer angel ifs
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
soul world body
Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.