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Any circumstance in which a man finds himself unwillingly is a prison for him. So be content with whatever circumstances you may now be in, lest by being ungrateful you punish yourself unwittingly.
St Anthony the Great

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Make sure that you see to small things, lest otherwise you may push aside more important ones.

St. Isaac of Syria

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Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.
Romans 12:19

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Francis Bacon

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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Francis Bacon

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon

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