{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_x: If it were that thou hadst", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d9f0810d60fa", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_x: If it were that thou hadst at one time both a stepmother, and a natural mothe...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If it were that thou hadst at one time both a stepmother, and a natural mother living, thou wouldst honour and respect her also; nevertheless to thine own natural mother would thy refuge, and recourse"}, {"id": "card_n_4c7d3d5831df", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xlv: Nothing can happen unto thee, which is not incidental unto thee, as thou art ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Nothing can happen unto thee, which is not incidental unto thee, as thou art a man. As nothing can happen either to an ox, a vine, or to a stone, which is not incidental unto them; unto every one in h"}, {"id": "card_n_62ce6b705cad", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xix: As one that tosseth up a ball.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As one that tosseth up a ball. And what is a ball the better, if the motion of it be upwards; or the worse if it be downwards; or if it chance to fall upon the ground? 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Yea we also see the same, and behold, all things are very good. Of the several kinds of Thy works, when Thou ha"}, {"id": "card_n_040560953580", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_iv: how come it to pass that the Gods having ordered all other things so well and...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "how come it to pass that the Gods having ordered all other things so well and so lovingly, should be overseen in this one only thing, that whereas then hath been some very good men that have made many"}, {"id": "card_n_2705c215cde9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xv: If it were thine act and in thine own power, wouldest thou do it?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If it were thine act and in thine own power, wouldest thou do it? If it were not, whom dost tin accuse? the atoms, or the Gods? For to do either, the part of a mad man. Thou must therefore blame nobod"}, {"id": "card_n_d3b00b21a58c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_i: In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thy...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, it is to go about a man's work that I am stirred up. Am I then yet unwilling to go about that, for which I "}, {"id": "card_n_760a5ee9de1a", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xl: Either the Gods can do nothing for us at all, or they can still and allay all...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either the Gods can do nothing for us at all, or they can still and allay all the distractions and distempers of thy mind. If they can do nothing, why doest thou pray? If they can, why wouldst not tho"}, {"id": "card_n_5a7abceb59ea", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xix: Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyse...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyself what it was that he did suppose to be good, what to be evil, when he did trespass. 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But were it so, that all anger and passion were so thoroughly quenched "}, {"id": "card_n_4286f873943b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxiii: Either thou dost Continue in this kind of life and that is it, which so long ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either thou dost Continue in this kind of life and that is it, which so long thou hast been used unto and therefore tolerable: or thou doest retire, or leave the world, and that of thine own accord, a"}, {"id": "card_n_82320d6d17c8", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_ii: As one who is altogether governed by nature, let it be thy care to observe wh...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As one who is altogether governed by nature, let it be thy care to observe what it is that thy nature in general doth require. That done, if thou find not that thy nature, as thou art a living sensibl"}, {"id": "card_n_37d4c45358d6", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_vii: If thou shalt find anything in this mortal life better than righteousness, th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If thou shalt find anything in this mortal life better than righteousness, than truth, temperance, fortitude, and in general better than a mind contented both with those things which according to righ"}, {"id": "card_n_ea5ce95a8c6c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxiii: Let it not be in any man's power, to say truly of thee, that thou art not tru...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Let it not be in any man's power, to say truly of thee, that thou art not truly simple, or sincere and open, or not good. Let him be deceived whosoever he be that shall have any such opinion of thee. "}, {"id": "card_n_9833bb6df123", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xiii: What use is there of suspicion at all?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What use is there of suspicion at all? or, why should thoughts of mistrust, and suspicion concerning that which is future, trouble thy mind at all? What now is to be done, if thou mayest search and in"}, {"id": "card_n_4e743297cf2f", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_017: At no time then hadst Thou not made any thing, because time itself Thou madest.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "At no time then hadst Thou not made any thing, because time itself Thou madest. And no times are coeternal with Thee, because Thou abidest; but if they abode, they should not be times. For what is tim"}, {"id": "card_n_d474709a22a0", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xi: Either fate, (and that either an absolute necessity, and unavoidable decree; ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either fate, (and that either an absolute necessity, and unavoidable decree; or a placable and flexible Providence) or all is a mere casual confusion, void of all order and government. If an absolute "}]}