If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of.
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As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
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If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great.
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For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead Therefore over the inevitable Thou shouldst not grieve.
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Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all This is a miracle and that no more.
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Whatever happens at all happens as it should thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely.
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Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
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For certain is death for the born
And certain is birth for the dead;
Therefore over the inevitable
Thou shouldst not grieve.
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Thou shouldst eat to live not live to eat.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Whatever happens it all happens as it should thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely.
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