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“The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.”

Book:The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Ay Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works

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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Ay Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works

The Works of Joseph Addison is a comprehensive compilation of the writings of the 18th-century English essayist and poet. It encompasses Addison's essays, poetry, and other literary works, including those found in Bishop Hurd's edition. The collection also includes letters and other pieces that were not included in any previous compilations of Addison's work. Additionally, it features Macaulay's essay, which offers insights into Addison's life and the impact of his literary achievements. more

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison, born on May 1, 1672, and died on June 17, 1719, was an influential English essayist, dramatist, and poet. He is known for his elegant prose style and his co-authorship of the magazine 'The Spectator' with Richard Steele. more

“Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of our hands, this race of plants, deserving boundless affection and admiration from us, becomes, in proportion to their obtaining it, a nearly perfect test of our being in right temper of mind and way of life; so that no one can be far wrong in either who loves trees enough, and everyone is assuredly wrong in both who does not love them, if his life has brought them in his way.”

Source: Pt. 6-9 of leaf beauty. of cloud beauty. of ideas of relation

“The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.”

Way Life Life Is Hope Prepared This Life Preparation Be Prepared Exclusion

Book:I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle

Source: I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle

“Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous dying. - Jacques”

Life Character Dying Safe Preparation Occupation Joyous Readiness

Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

“The fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties demand instruction and regulation in order to qualify us to become upright and valuable members of society, useful to others, or happy ourselves.”

Use Earth Happiness Order Society Demand Members Labor Fruit Valuable Preparation Faculty Instruction Regulation Cultivation Subsistence

Author:Isaac Barrow

“If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.”

Ifs Knows Crowds

Author:Dimebag Darrell

“Many a life has been injured by the constant expectation of death. It is life we have to do with, not death. The best preparation for the night is to work diligently while the day lasts. The best preparation for death is life.”

Life Has Beens Lasts Night Work Expectations Constant Preparation Injured Preparation For Death

Book:The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

Source: The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

“The best possible preparation for the future is a well lived present.”

Life Wells Future Preparation Preparedness Past Present Future Life Well Lived Preparation For The Future

Author:George H. Brimhall

“Unless we are prepared to search our souls to discover what to say, and then how to say it effectively, we cannot expect to deal successfully with today's domestic and personal problems, not to mention those international issues on which our very lives depend.”

Life Soul Problem Today Deals Issues Depends Prepared International Preparation Personal Problems

Author:Everett Case

“The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken.”