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«A properly kept silence is a beautiful thing; it is nothing less than the father of very wise thoughts»
«Doubt is the father of invention.»
«Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue»
Author: Quintilian | About: Ambition | Keywords: Father of, The Father
«But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: / And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: delighted, Father of, take heed
«And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, / Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, / Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, / Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.»
«And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: / These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.»
«Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3).»
«Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows»
Author: Bible | About: Gifts | Keywords: Father of, heavenly, lights, shifting, The Father
«DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.All hail, Delusion! Were it not for thee The world turned topsy-turvy we should see; For Vice, respectable with cleanly fancies, Would fly abandoned Virtue's gross advances. --Mumfrey Mappel»
«And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Father of, Jabez, Kenite, Kenites, Rechab

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