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Let not thy hand be tied up to thy neck, neither open it with an unbounded expansion, lest thou become worthy of reprehension, and be reduced to poverty.

— George Sale The Koran (1734)

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Wheresoever ye be, death will overtake you, although ye be in lofty towers.

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As for him who voluntarily performeth a good work, verily God is grateful and knowing.

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If God should punish men according to what they deserve, he would not leave on the back of the earth so much as a beast.

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God obligeth no man to more than he hath given him ability to perform.

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Wherever ye be, God will bring you all back at the resurrection.

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