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«I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.»
«If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another»
«A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Body,
Conscience,
Soul
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«His death which happened in his berth, / At forty-odd befell: / They went and told the sexton, and / The sexton toll'd the bell.»
«Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.»
«And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.»
«And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? / And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, / The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.»
Author: Bible
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befell, Canaan, restored, roughly, sack, spies, The Lord of the, what is this
«And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, / Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: / And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, / Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.»
Author: Bible
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Asia, befell, house-to-house, lying-in, lying in wait, profitable, testifying, the Greeks
«A wise man should not reveal his loss of wealth, the vexation of his mind, the misconduct of his own wife, base words spoken by others, and disgrace that has befallen him.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
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befallen, befalling, befalls, befell, vexations
«Ride ten thousand days and nights,Till age snow white hairs on thee.»
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