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"Denn wer unendlich resigniert hat, ist sich selber genug."
"Einen großen Reiz des Alters vergisst man gewöhnlich, nämlich ruhige Resignation."
"Hütet Euch, jene schwächliche Resignation, von welcher der nächste Schritt zur Gleichgültigkeit führt, zu befördern, oder sie gar hervorrufen zu wollen."
""Wenn mir ein Schmerz widerfahren ist, fasst mich immer ein doppeltes Verlangen nach Leben"
"Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away."
"Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past."
"That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine."
"The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame."
"Thus ready for the way of life or death, I wait the sharpest blow."
"To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are denied, And pleased with favours given;— Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part, This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven."
"Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest."
"To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest."
"Placato possum non miser esse deo."
"Unum est levamentum malorum pati et necessitatibus suis obsequi."
"Placeat homini quidquid deo placuit."
"It seem'd so hard at first, mother, to leave the blessed sun, And now it seems as hard to stay—and yet His will be done! But still I think it can't be long before I find release; And that good man, the clergyman, has told me words of peace."