Philemon quotes
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“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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“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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“In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.”
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“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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“A farmer is always going to be rich next year.”
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“A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.”
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“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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“Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same.”
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“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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“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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“Not one amongst the doctors, as you'll see For his own friends desires to prescribe.”
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