Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
catholic novelty predecessors
We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?
prayer men names
Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of those very men by whom he was being stoned: "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" And we see the result of this prayer in the case of the Apostle, for Paul, who kept the garments of those who were stoning Stephen, not long after became an apostle by the grace of God, having before been a persecutor.
prayer angel ifs
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
government church emperor
The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.
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.
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.
learning past
There is no time of life past learning something.
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.
rome
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
fill proverbs time work
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
absorb devour power serpent unless
Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.
forget root tree
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root
gain lose proverbs swings
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
budget full poor
The poor man's budget is full of schemes.