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“Remember that thou art an actor in a play.”
Life is pictured as a role with conditions we did not choose, while the quality of our performance remains our responsibility.
Source note: Enchiridion 17; the longer passage compares human life with playing the role assigned in a drama.
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“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”
Fear is acknowledged directly rather than denied, then paired with a deliberate act of trust.
Source note: Psalm 56:3 in the King James Version.
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“Very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.”
The line challenges the assumption that a good life requires constant accumulation or ideal circumstances.
Source note: Meditations, Book VII, in George Long’s translation.
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“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
Voice: Reported speaker · Jesus
Mourning is not treated as failure or weakness; the promise of comfort gives grief dignity while leaving room for pain to be real.
Source note: Matthew 5:4 in the King James Version; one of the Beatitudes, addressing those who mourn.
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“Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party.”
The dinner-party image recommends waiting for what comes in proper order instead of grabbing anxiously, turning restraint into a model for daily conduct.
Source note: Enchiridion, chapter 15; the following sentences explain waiting until things come round to you.
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“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
Healing is pictured as careful repair of emotional wounds, offering language of comfort without pretending that pain disappears instantly.
Source note: Psalm 147:3 in the King James Version; the verse describes care for people whose hearts have been broken.