Quotes by Orville Dewey

Orville Dewey

A man seems never to know what anything means till he has lost it; and this I suppose is the reason why losses–vanishing away of things–are among the teachings of this world of shadows.

Loss

Mean

Teaching

Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.

Argument

Doe

Heart

Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

Hate

Neglect

Vexation

God giveth true grace to but a chosen few, however many aspire to it.

Aspire

Chosen

Grace

Godliness is practical religion.

Godliness

Practicals

How many a knot of mystery and misunderstanding would be untied by one word spoken in simple and confiding truth of heart! How many a solitary place would be made glad if love were there, and how many a dark dwelling would be filled with light!

Dark

Heart

Simple

Labour is man’s great function, his peculiar distinction, his privilege. Can he not think so? Can he not see, that from being an animal to eat and drink and sleep, to become a worker… He is nothing, he can be nothing, he can achieve nothing, fulfil nothing, without working.

Achieve

Function

Men

Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do? Why, if they do not work or sleep, they must have recreation. And if they have not recreation from healthful sources, they will be very likely to take it from the poisoned fountains of intemperance. Or, if they have pleasures, which, though innocent, are forbidden by the maxims of public morality, their very pleasures are liable to become poisoned fountains.

Men

Relaxation

Sleep

Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.

Leisure

Men

Recreation

Occupied people are not unhappy people.

People

Unhappy

Unhappy People

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Aspire

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Broken

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Chosen

Christianity

Command

Dark

Departure

Doe

Enough

Faults

Forever

Function

Future

Godliness

Government

Grace

Hate

Heart

Heavy

Leisure

Loss

May

Mean

Men

Mind

Neglect

Parades

People

Politeness

Practicals

Recreation

Relaxation

Roots

Simple

Sleep

Sorrow

Spring

Sympathy

Teaching

Truth

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Quotes by Orville Dewey

Orville Dewey

A man seems never to know what anything means till he has lost it; and this I suppose is the reason why losses–vanishing away of things–are among the teachings of this world of shadows.

Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.

Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

God giveth true grace to but a chosen few, however many aspire to it.

Godliness is practical religion.

How many a knot of mystery and misunderstanding would be untied by one word spoken in simple and confiding truth of heart! How many a solitary place would be made glad if love were there, and how many a dark dwelling would be filled with light!

Labour is man’s great function, his peculiar distinction, his privilege. Can he not think so? Can he not see, that from being an animal to eat and drink and sleep, to become a worker… He is nothing, he can be nothing, he can achieve nothing, fulfil nothing, without working.

Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.

Occupied people are not unhappy people.

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