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«I know what I have done, and Your Honor knows what I have done. Somewhere between my ambition and my ideals, I lost my ethical compass.»
«He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.»
«How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.»
«I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: / That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.»
«Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, / From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.»
«Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. (Psalms 32:10)»
«Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Mankind,
Men
| Keywords:
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«Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Admiration,
Mankind
| Keywords:
abroad, billowing, broad, circuits, compass, heights, mountain pass, rivers, River Went, The Mighty, tides