{"query": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_240: We may say of conformity as di", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_631d2a932eb5", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_240: We may say of conformity as distinguished from beauty, that it is a symmetry ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "We may say of conformity as distinguished from beauty, that it is a symmetry which knows no rules, and a secret harmony of features both one with each other and with the colour and appearance of the p"}, {"id": "card_n_424c02ce5520", "title": "1 John 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life\n2. (and the life was reveal"}, {"id": "card_n_c1e3b5bef071", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_420: We often believe we have constancy in misfortune when we have nothing but deb...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "We often believe we have constancy in misfortune when we have nothing but debasement, and we suffer misfortunes without regarding them as cowards who let themselves be killed from fear of defending th"}, {"id": "card_n_007f965ccc25", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_264: Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall. 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Or don’t you know that all of us who were bap"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_46_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 46:1 — The psalmist here teaches us by his own example.\nI. To triumph in God, and his relation to us and presence with us, especially when we have had some fresh experiences of his appearing"}, {"id": "card_n_d07403cc62c3", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_198: We exaggerate the glory of some men to detract from that of others, and we sh...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "We exaggerate the glory of some men to detract from that of others, and we should praise Prince Conde and Marshal Turenne much less if we did not want to blame them both. 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