Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when from from His heavenly throne into the Virgin's womb; every day He comes to us and lets us see Him in lowliness, when He descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar.
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And recollection
I often think of
Those Shandon bells,
Whose... FATHER PROUT (PSEUDONYM OF FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY) There is a stone there,
That whoever kisses,
Oh! he never misses
To grow eloquent.
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mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and co... FRANCIS BACON Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. FRANCIS PICABIA A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ... FRANCIS BACON Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. FRANCIS PICABIA A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. FRANCIS BACON Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
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To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
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execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de... FRANCIS QUARLES Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. FRANCIS QUARLES That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. FRANCIS QUARLES The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving... FRANCIS QUARLES God invented concubinage, Satan marriage. FRANCIS PICABIA To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy. POPE FRANCIS For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
[Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of
the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg... FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly. FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON All beliefs are bald ideas. FRANCIS PICABIA Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. FRANCIS KEPPEL