O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom al...l the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
'A thing is called by a certain name because it instantiates a certain universal' is obviously circular when particularized, but i...t looks imposing when left in this general form. And it looks imposing in this general form largely because of the inveterate philosophical habit of treating the shadows cast by words and sentences as if they were separately identifiable. Universals, like facts and propositions, are such shadows.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for hi...mself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He took the gold from them, formed it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who b...rought you up out of the land of Egypt!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plan...t, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn sw...ords. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who i...s the health of my countenance, and my God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »