Philemon Quotes

#1. Not one amongst the doctors, as you'll see
For his own friends desires to prescribe.

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#2. Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit.

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#3. Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

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#4. Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same.

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#5. Look around you: there is not a doctor who desires the health of his friends, not a soldier who desires peace for his country.

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#6. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

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#7. A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.

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#8. A farmer is always going to be rich next year.

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#9. I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

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#10. In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.

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#11. A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.

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#12. It is easy for men to give advice, but difficult for one's self to follow; we have an example in physicians: for their patients they order a strict regime, for themselves, on going to bed, they do all that they have forbidden to others.

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#13. We are all crazy when we are angry.

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#14. Temperate anger well becomes the wise.

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