God helps those who help themselves.
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Ch. 2, Sect. 23; comparable to: "Help thyself, and God will help thee", George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; "Heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act", Sophocles, Fragment 288 (Plumptre’s Translation); "Help thyself, Heaven will help thee", Jean de La Fontaine, Book vi. fable 18.Algernon Sydney
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Trying to avoid clichés helps life become fresh again, helps us remember what life is about in the first place. -Fingerprint
Mark Heard
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
Mark Udall
If I have ventured wrongly, very well, life then helps me with its penalty. But if I haven't ventured at all, who helps me then? (pp. 64 - 65)
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
Let us cry, "All good things
Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!"Robert Browning
Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
Sophocles
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