{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xxxviii: Either all things by", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_613971731e5c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xxxviii: Either all things by the providence of reason happen unto every particular, a...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either all things by the providence of reason happen unto every particular, as a part of one general body; and then it is against reason that a part should complain of anything that happens for the go"}, {"id": "card_n_329e521d766b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xxxiii: Asia, Europe; what are they, but as corners of the whole world; of which the ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Asia, Europe; what are they, but as corners of the whole world; of which the whole sea, is but as one drop; and the great Mount Athos, but as a clod, as all present time is but as one point of eternit"}, {"id": "card_n_62f1b69b1f00", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xviii: These three things thou must have always in a readiness: first concerning thi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "These three things thou must have always in a readiness: first concerning thine own actions, whether thou doest nothing either idly, or otherwise, than justice and equity do require: and concerning th"}, {"id": "card_n_da9eb15a438a", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxii: All things (saith he) are by certain order and appointment.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "All things (saith he) are by certain order and appointment. And what if the elements only. It will suffice to remember, that all things in general are by certain order and appointment: or if it be but"}, {"id": "card_n_88182c944f73", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xxvi: Up and down, from one age to another, go the ordinary things of the world; be...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Up and down, from one age to another, go the ordinary things of the world; being still the same. And either of everything in particular before it come to pass, the mind of the universe doth consider w"}, {"id": "card_n_71c200f80327", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xxxvi: What things soever are not within the proper power and jurisdiction of thine ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What things soever are not within the proper power and jurisdiction of thine own will either to compass or avoid, if thou shalt propose unto thyself any of those things as either good, or evil; it mus"}, {"id": "card_n_8cedbfd58721", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_iv: All substances come soon to their change, and either they shall be resolved b...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "All substances come soon to their change, and either they shall be resolved by way of exhalation (if so be that all things shall be reunited into one substance), or as others maintain, they shall be s"}, {"id": "card_n_760a5ee9de1a", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xl: Either the Gods can do nothing for us at all, or they can still and allay all...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either the Gods can do nothing for us at all, or they can still and allay all the distractions and distempers of thy mind. If they can do nothing, why doest thou pray? If they can, why wouldst not tho"}, {"id": "card_n_4a552cb56f0b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_i: O my soul, the time I trust will be, when thou shalt be good, simple, single,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "O my soul, the time I trust will be, when thou shalt be good, simple, single, more open and visible, than that body by which it is enclosed. Thou wilt one day be sensible of their happiness, whose end"}, {"id": "card_n_05b8128f5115", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_vi: Let not things future trouble thee.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Let not things future trouble thee. For if necessity so require that they come to pass, thou shalt (whensoever that is) be provided for them with the same reason, by which whatsoever is now present, i"}, {"id": "card_n_c4a699d0dc23", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xxii: Either this world is a κόσμος or comely piece, because all disposed and gover...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either this world is a κόσμος or comely piece, because all disposed and governed by certain order: or if it be a mixture, though confused, yet still it is a comely piece. For is it possible that in th"}, {"id": "card_n_0694dc4725b3", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_vii: All parts of the world, (all things I mean that are contained within the whol...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "All parts of the world, (all things I mean that are contained within the whole world), must of necessity at some time or other come to corruption. Alteration I should say, to speak truly and properly;"}, {"id": "card_n_fd831ee3f964", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxxviii: For it is a thing very possible, that a man should be a very divine man, and ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "For it is a thing very possible, that a man should be a very divine man, and yet be altogether unknown. This thou must ever be mindful of, as of this also, that a man's true happiness doth consist in "}, {"id": "card_n_6fccb434fe50", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_x: The things themselves (which either to get or to avoid thou art put to so muc...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The things themselves (which either to get or to avoid thou art put to so much trouble) come not unto thee themselves; but thou in a manner goest unto them. Let then thine own judgment and opinion con"}, {"id": "card_n_b225eaf6a957", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xxviii: Do all things as becometh the disciple of Antoninus Pius.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Do all things as becometh the disciple of Antoninus Pius. Remember his resolute constancy in things that were done by him according to reason, his equability in all things, his sanctity; the cheerfuln"}, {"id": "card_n_30021befc8c0", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xvi: To desire things impossible is the part of a mad man.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To desire things impossible is the part of a mad man. But it is a thing impossible, that wicked man should not commit some such things. Neither doth anything happen to any man, which in the ordinary c"}, {"id": "card_n_42cc18f3759c", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §188: FAITH.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "FAITH. But, by your leave, heavenly knowledge of these is the gift of God; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them. TALK. All this I know very well; for a man can recei"}, {"id": "card_n_20d7bcd94f74", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_ix: Consider how quickly all things are dissolved and resolved: the bodies and su...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Consider how quickly all things are dissolved and resolved: the bodies and substances themselves, into the matter and substance of the world: and their memories into the general age and time of the wo"}, {"id": "card_n_8dbac54e731b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_xv: The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole composition of the body tending to corruption. His soul is restless, fortune uncertain, and f"}, {"id": "card_n_8b107410efcc", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xviii: An angry countenance is much against nature, and it is oftentimes the proper ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An angry countenance is much against nature, and it is oftentimes the proper countenance of them that are at the point of death. But were it so, that all anger and passion were so thoroughly quenched "}]}