Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 1960

Monday, August 8, 1960

"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus

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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
— Cicero —
"I have no doubt that the world stands because of the prayers of Christians."
— Aristides of Athens —
"Whate'er we leave to God, God does and blesses us."
— Henry David Thoreau —
"Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven."
— G. C. Lichtenberg —

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Illustration of Epictetus — "If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."

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